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Recent Examples of chirpy Longtime fans will note how Cabin in the Sky’s volley of chirpy melodies, callbacks to old-school roller-skating and quirky skits featuring Saturday Night Live’s Jay Pharaoh evokes past De La fare like De La Soul Is Dead. —
Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2025 The only real attempt in this episode to describe the difficulty of Maia’s position as Tallulah’s manager comes from Maia’s chirpy co-worker (Lauren Holt, a treat every time). —Caroline Framke, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025 From chirpy to authoritarian, Amoss captures the quirky, sociopathic Bunnies. —Audiofile Magazine, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2025 Hers had a chirpy, glassy tone that conformed well to the generic, Kidz Bop-style sound that was favored at the time by Disney. —Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for chirpy
Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 25 Nov. 2025 The only real attempt in this episode to describe the difficulty of Maia’s position as Tallulah’s manager comes from Maia’s chirpy co-worker (Lauren Holt, a treat every time). —Caroline Framke, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025 From chirpy to authoritarian, Amoss captures the quirky, sociopathic Bunnies. —Audiofile Magazine, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2025 Hers had a chirpy, glassy tone that conformed well to the generic, Kidz Bop-style sound that was favored at the time by Disney. —Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for chirpy
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The service Young, perky, and proactive.— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
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The perky response of Hungary’s currency and equity markets, at a time when war in the Gulf is depressing asset prices everywhere, shows Orbanism clearly wasn’t working for business.— Lionel Laurent, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2026
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Noblezada stepped into the role of the tragically vivacious nightclub singer Sally Bowles, but rather than playing her unlikely lover Cliff, Carney was cast as the impishly sinister Emcee of the Kit Kat Club.— Carey Purcell, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
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The summer season calendar is kicking off with a pair of regal indie psych rock acts in Unknown Mortal Orchestra (May 22) and the vivacious Allah-Las returning to the venue for the second year in a row with Mapache’s Sam Blasucci (May 31).— Aaron Davis, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026
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The sprightly 273-year-old institution boasts a collection of eight million works and draws more than six million visitors each year.— Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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Reinterpreting, reinvigorating and reimagining Strauss’ work in bits and pieces sewn together with sprightly disorientation, the piece soared, and was followed by more than one standing ovation.— Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026
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Brian Vicente, partner at Vicente LLP, is optimistic that this week’s rescheduling is an incremental movement toward de-scheduling and maybe even legalizing marijuana altogether.— Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
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The Iran war has left uncertainty hanging over global markets for the past two months, but many market participants remain optimistic about where equities are headed, even in spite of record valuations.— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
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The tune is jaunty, but this is the kind of patter that, in Wilson’s work, floats above a grave.— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026
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Just as the story mines humor from the collision of old-fashioned ways with a modern frankness, Paul’s score combines the appeal of jaunty golden-age sounds with a freshness that feels present day.— Naveen Kumar, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
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This lively street—lined with elegant colonial homes and cozy cafes and restaurants—culminates at the iconic Ex-Convento de San Bernardino de Siena, known for its nightly video-mapping shows projected in Spanish and in English.— Regina Zumarraga, Travel + Leisure, 27 Apr. 2026
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The suit included some versions of Indiana’s trademark work, LOVE, which depicts the word love in lively serif characters, the LO situated atop the VE, with the O placed at an angle.— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
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The track is one of the shortest on the EP but the most concise, composed simply of guitar, strings, Tems’ lilting falsetto, and sparse backing vocals.— Nelson C.J, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2025
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The second violins introduce the second movement with a soft, lilting quality, creating music that’s elegant and musically complex.— Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
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The company is taking advantage of California’s recent changes to the tax incentive program expanding the eligible categories of production to include animated movies.— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
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Wichí people inhabit an animated world.— María Carri, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026
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