joie de vivre
Example Sentences
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The result, Madigan says, is a woman with “a certain joie de vivre about her,” who doesn’t care about what others think of her.
From Los Angeles Times
Adults walked around with the same smiles and joie de vivre as kids.
From Los Angeles Times
In those videos, Deen, now 78, is as full of vitality and joie de vivre as she ever was.
From Salon
Their appearance was a sensation – combining sheer technical skill with a thrilling joie de vivre, as they span their double basses, twirled their trumpets and clattered their cowbells, all while clad in Venezuelan-flag jackets.
From BBC
“She contains multitudes. She has a lot of joie de vivre. She wants to drink all the marrow out of the moment. I have a feeling she’s always been that way.”
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
