felicity

Example Sentences

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Hindus believe Hinglaj Mata is one the places where the remains of Sati, the goddess of marital felicity and longevity, fell to earth after she ended her life.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024

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

As Anne Enright noted years ago, “Hadley, for all the felicity of her prose style, is an immensely subversive writer.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2019

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