happy event

Example Sentences

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“Not that you shouldn’t celebrate the happy event, but the brother or sister may need a little extra love.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025

But much of the second season revolves around a happy event: the imminent wedding of Murray Hill's Fred Rococo, casually announced during a poker game.

From Salon • May 7, 2023

It took three days, and it was a happy event for them.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

These buildiing scream for attention like expensively dressed children at a birthday party staged by wealthy parents where the gloss and glitter takes all the humanity from a supposedly happy event.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2019

“No higher pleasure...even compared with the happy event that, I hear, has taken place in your family this week?”

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling