The dining room can accommodate large groups, and the breezy nature of the place is well suited to convivial gatherings.

Even this seemed better than a convivial gathering of actors and technicians, during which he would surely have to watch Jeremy and Erika flirting while they ate.

He simply exuded lovely melody, improvising songs and dances at convivial gatherings or dashing them off on restaurant napkins.

In "The Boating Party," a convivial gathering of friends in an idyllic setting painted over more than a year both on site and in a studio, he proved his case.

He and his family lived in a large red house on a lake in Wrentham, just outside of Boston but a rural area still, with boating and swimming and convivial gatherings of Boston's literary lights at picnics under the trees.

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In a larger, more recent painting, Ms. Poor brings together friends and relatives in a convivial gathering.

In the corner of the courtyard, between the Great Hall and the garden, is the White Hart bar, the scene of many convivial gatherings at the end of Dartington days.

Kai was never certain when the heavy-worlders disappeared but the convivial gathering lasted well past the rise of the third moon.

Throughout this period, the castle was used by the Corporation for banquets and 'convivial gatherings', some associated with the custom of 'throwing the dart'.