Sentence examples for quite festive from inspiring English sources

The owners of this cabin worked very hard to make it quite festive.

More and more now open their doors late in the morning or at noon for a special and often quite festive Sunday brunch.

Voting on Monday had proceeded in a largely peaceful atmosphere, and in many locations it was even quite festive, according to news reports.

Candles were lit, making the party quite festive, even though we were told of tornado warnings and where to take shelter if need be.

The trial atmosphere is quite festive, which is hardly surprising considering The Pirate Bay team are well known for returning fire from movie and music industry lawyers, responding to legal threats with profanity and insult-laden e-mails.

The place manages to be quite festive, however, in the style of a college dormitory hallway, because virtually every inch of wall space is covered with framed photographs of workers, plaques and oddball advertisements.

The mood this year is likely to be not quite so festive.

This Christmas is unlikely to be quite as festive as usual for Mattel's managers, suppliers or shareholders.

Quite how festive his wife Tana feels after the revelations remains to be seen – but at least the sweary chef's publicists were in helpful damage-limitation mode.

It's not as popular a holiday as Mother's Day, and it's not quite as festive: more collect phone calls are made on Father's Day than on any other day of the year.

Following the Supreme Court's June 26 rulings on the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and Prop 8, Vizcaya is offering same-sex couples a $2,500 deal to take part in the mass wedding, and already it sounds like it'll be quite a festive party.