as in cheerful
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Recent Examples of sparkly
On Tuesday, Boone posted a TikTok video of himself still rocking the sparkly blue outfit days later.
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Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Leigh Bowery, the fashion icon and transgressive performance artist, designed several costumes (assless slacks; sparkly bondage suits) for Atlas’s video pieces and often appeared on-screen as a kind of spiritual hype man.
—Beatrice Loayza, ARTnews.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Zellweger wore neither earrings nor necklace with this look, but did add a couple of chunky diamond cocktail rings to complement the sparkly top.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2025
Pink, sparkly streamers and balloons simply won’t cut it.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 28 Jan. 2025
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Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Leigh Bowery, the fashion icon and transgressive performance artist, designed several costumes (assless slacks; sparkly bondage suits) for Atlas’s video pieces and often appeared on-screen as a kind of spiritual hype man.
—Beatrice Loayza, ARTnews.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Zellweger wore neither earrings nor necklace with this look, but did add a couple of chunky diamond cocktail rings to complement the sparkly top.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 6 Feb. 2025
Pink, sparkly streamers and balloons simply won’t cut it.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sparkly
Adjective
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Available in both a cheerful yellow daffodil and a muted pastel lavender, this handbag can add a vibrant statement to your outfit or a subtle pop of color.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2025
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Plant was putting them through a cheerful endurance test, but the filmmakers were used to the hunt.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The director wanted to write a role for Pearson that reflected the actor’s range and his effervescent charm.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2025
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There are a number of love stories here — Joe and Sugar figuring out if romance can conquer deception, Joe and Jerry testing their lifelong bond in the face of major personal change, and Daphne rebuffing and then reconsidering the effervescent millionaire Osgood (Edward Juvier).—
Chad Jones,
The Mercury News,
11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Trillions of chirpy, red-eyed periodical cicadas emerged from underground in a rare double emergence event.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
25 Dec. 2024
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In Happy-Go-Lucky, Sally Hawkins plays Poppy, the world’s most cheerful, generous elementary-school teacher, a chirpy songbird in human form.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
9 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Byrne said that a fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft could operate as a drone to a larger, passively buoyant platform.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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An International Draw One reason the energy at this year’s IAF was so buoyant was the return of major blue-chip, international galleries like David Zwirner and Lisson Gallery.—
Anindo Sen,
ARTnews.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Kendrick Lamar headlined the Super Bowl Halftime Show in New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome on Sunday, providing a fiery, upbeat set during the blowout win for the Philadelphia Eagles over the Kansas City Chiefs.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2025
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Hyping up excitement for the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler, Jelly Roll and Prince Harry hilariously collaborated in an upbeat video released in November 2024.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Wasn’t the entire point of season two making both the audience and Ted realize all the ways in which his ultra-chipper attitude and impenetrable optimism were a mask for decades of repressed sadness?—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2023
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The super-chipper T.A. who serves as her driver and cheerleader (Rammel Chan) deposits Kate at a B&B whose snarling proprietor (Cindy Gold) seems to have chosen the wrong line of business.—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Aug. 2020
Adjective
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In this case, bright, sensitive 10-year-old Chuang (Wang Shang) feels unwanted in multiple households.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Her Los Angeles home is sunny and bright, with books lining the shelves, smiling snapshots of family and friends, and artwork filling nearly every wall.—
Kate Storey,
Rolling Stone,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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His message was met with enthusiastic cheers from the crowd that followed him.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacramento Bee,
7 Feb. 2025
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Some of the comedian's followers were enthusiastic about his video.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Sparkly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sparkly. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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