felicity

Example Sentences

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Blackhawk’s account of Native Americans over the past five centuries is among five nominees for the Mark Lynton History Prize, a $10,000 award given for work which “combines intellectual distinction with felicity of expression.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Serenity, personal growth and felicity may not be seductive topics for a contemporary R&B record.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022

He argued that dirty streets were a welcome sign of prosperity — "a necessary evil, inseparable from the felicity of London."

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2021

Such is the mystery of Erdrich’s work, and “The Sentence” is among her most magical novels, switching tones with the felicity of a mockingbird.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2021

In their zeal to purify usage and safeguard the language, they have made it difficult to think clearly about felicity in expression and have muddied the task of explaining the art of writing.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker