jollified

He found what he naturally suspected, that Mr. Gurney and Stephanie spent hours here at peculiar times — after a company of friends had jollified, for instance, and all had left, including Gurney, when the latter would quietly return, with Stephanie sometimes, if she had left with the others, alone if she had remained behind.

The Titan 2004

He placed his cane against the hall tree, and followed his host into the jollified apartment.

The Voice on the Wire Eustace Hale Ball

He found what he naturally suspected, that Mr. Gurney and Stephanie spent hours here at peculiar times -- after a company of friends had jollified, for instance, and all had left, including Gurney, when the latter would quietly return, with

The Titan Theodore Dreiser 1908

But this year, the Super Bowl will be jollified by a side-plot that perhaps reflects the true state of the nation: an angry dispute between liberals and the religious right.

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