hap

Example Sentences

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Ngheu and chem chap hap sa, steamed clams and mussels, come in a buttery lemongrass broth.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2022

How then had a man so singularly drained of hap as the 57-year-old Israeli ended up controlling Chelsea, Portsmouth and West Ham United?

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2011

In Tallahassee, Fla., 16-year-old Harold Knowles, one of three Negroes to start classes at Leon High School, said: "I expected some friction, but nothing hap pened."

From Time Magazine Archive

They reckoned that the British had been able to land at most four divisions, at most 100,000 men � tough, tan, eager, hap py, seasoned Australians, New Zealanders and Britons, spoiling to avenge Dunkirk.

From Time Magazine Archive

When one has such a dream and the predicted event hap pens, it’s hard not to believe in precognition.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos