jaunty - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • angle: On his head he wore a weird shaped cap with a large feather set at a jaunty angle.
  • melody: At least ' Bummer In The Summer ' has a little jaunty quirky melody about it.
  • tune: Fortunately, the opening to " Little Remedy " is far more upbeat and promises to be another jaunty pop tune.
  • guitar: Jaunty guitar and pounding drums draw you in and before you know it you're dancing and that is the key to their success.
  • song: The Beauty Shop sort of sounded like country music, well they had the jaunty near country type songs anyway.
  • air: A lick of fresh paint has given the old town an optimistic, almost jaunty air.

Modifying Another Word

  • almost: A lick of fresh paint has given the old town an optimistic, almost jaunty air.
  • rather: And that was sufficiently evident as I started to drift sideways down one particular side road at a rather jaunty angle.
  • deceptively: Lest we forget Aim's deceptively jaunty slight at political heavy-handedness Pier 57.
  • quite: Slightly out of place, but quite jaunty and cheeky, it only lasts for 1:27, so it doesn't grate.

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