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

In other words, “Luck” takes things that are intangible — in this case, random felicity and affliction — and imagines them as palpable.

From Washington Post • Aug. 3, 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

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

The ceremony itself was one which began in refinement, in a spirit of proper felicity.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy