happiness
Example Sentences
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She tickled Chica’s wrinkly chin till her wise turtle eyes blinked with happiness.
From Literature
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"He went to seek happiness for his children and his family, and now his body has returned in a coffin. It's unbearable," his son said.
From Barron's
His IT job limits his free time, but he finds happiness in the quiet of his own home.
The voracious reader said that the best books, those that brought him happiness, were not the ones that ease our way in this strange and difficult world.
From Los Angeles Times
"Because that is the real source of happiness in life."
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.