It was a serene and cheerful picture- if you could forget the darker side of the Hive's purposes for a moment.

This cheerful picture is shadowed by the multiple perplexities attending such a purchase.

I am supposed to paint you a cheerful picture, Mr. Charboneau.

At second glance, there's a dark and troubling background to this seemingly cheerful picture.

The story's sentimentality is balanced by its cheerful, witty pictures, in which hard times were times that brought people together.

The rug with the cheerful picture of the Road Runner lay between the beds.

They might go for a more conventional and cheerful pictures, and maybe even go for English speaking ones for that reason.

Politically, he may not have been wise to present a cheerful picture as the recession continues and labor leaders seek a bigger share of city revenues.

An Unexpected Intruder But job troubles are increasingly intruding on this cheerful picture.

Our latest intelligence reports and strategic forecasts do not paint a cheerful picture.