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joie de vivre

[zhwaduh vee-vruh] / ʒwadə ˈvi vrə /


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Organizers sought not only to remind the world that the Olympics were about joie de vivre, but also that the project didn’t need to be a $50 billion boondoggle.

From The Wall Street Journal

The result, Madigan says, is a woman with “a certain joie de vivre about her,” who doesn’t care about what others think of her.

From Los Angeles Times

As an example, consider the phrase “joie de vivre.”

From Literature

Adults walked around with the same smiles and joie de vivre as kids.

From Los Angeles Times

In those videos, Deen, now 78, is as full of vitality and joie de vivre as she ever was.

From Salon