Upbeat

Definition

upbeat /'ʌnbi:y / adj ျမဴးျမဴးႂကြႂကြ။ ေပ်ာ္ေပ်ာ္ရႊင္ရႊင္။ be in an upbeat mood ❍ The conference ended on a distinctly upbeat note. Compare DOWNBEAT ၁

Examples

1. ‘There are a lot of upbeats
2. up in the air
3. which is great for dancing but really hard for an orchestra.’
4. ‘Movement is slowed with stops at percussive upbeats.’
5. ‘But havoc and harmony learn to coexist
6. most harmoniously on ‘Circle Square Triangle’
7. whose guitars punch thick upbeats despite an ungainly note count.’
8. ‘The song has three stanzas of six lines
9. carrying four stresses downbeats separated by upbeats.’
10. ‘Despite dramatically changing the way he lives
11. Chris is a positive and upbeat person.’
12. ‘Hartley has every right to be upbeat and optimistic about his life at the present time.’
13. ‘It is certainly telling that Wall Street on Friday was continuing to take its cue from more upbeat news.’
14. ‘The programme makers have promised that this new series is going to be more upbeat than the one before.’
15. ‘My daughter-in-law told me he called one day and he sounded very upbeat.’
16. ‘With the crowd on their side they belted out a series of fast
17. upbeat rock songs.’
18. ‘Surprisingly
19. Foot himself concludes on a much more upbeat note than this depressing tale might suggest.’
20. ‘The manager's upbeat mood reflects that of the people in the queue which is slowly snaking its way towards the ticket office.’
21. ‘Everett had used it a lot when he spoke and it sounded so optimistic and upbeat coming from him.’
22. ‘London shares ended the week in upbeat mood yesterday
23. helped by solid gains in oil and banking stocks.’
24. ‘As a whole
25. the tone is a little more optimistic and upbeat than previous efforts.’
26. ‘I'm not totally through the woods yet
27. but hopefully this more upbeat period will last.’
28. ‘Perhaps that explains why the chancellor still sounds so upbeat these days.’
29. ‘Considering a lot of things seem to be bringing me down mentally just lately
30. I actually feel quite upbeat today.’
31. ‘If the mood was upbeat it was merely a reflection of the play on the day.’
32. ‘The soundtrack consists of mostly upbeat dance numbers with a few slower selections.’