Anyone else would think she sounded like her normal cheerful self.

Bowen was his usual cheerful self and reported: 'All the patients are doing well.

I must have sounded convincing, for she looked more like her usual cheerful self.

Good to see you back to your normal cheerful self.

"Wait here a bit, Jones," she said, sounding her old cheerful self.

Then he smiled, suddenly his old cheerful self again.

Jamie smiled at him, then turned back to me again, her old cheerful self.

That was the first step toward becoming her old, cheerful self.

With the matter settled, he stood up, looking more like his old cheerful self.

Because of this Adol is no longer his cheerful self.