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Six example sentences with convivial, each labelled with its topic.
The long table, the shared pots, and the noise made the harvest supper the most convivial meal of the year.
Cooking
The village session was so convivial that strangers were swapping fiddle tunes and sharing tea by the second hour.
Music
Our host was so convivial that six strangers at his guesthouse table were trading stories long past midnight.
Travel
Dickens fills his novels with convivial innkeepers who would rather trade stories by the fire than tally the bill.
Literature
Plato set his dialogue on love at a convivial dinner, where the guests take turns speaking between courses.
Philosophy
The veteran center kept the locker room convivial, organizing team dinners on every road trip and remembering every birthday.
Basketball
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