joie de vivre
Example Sentences
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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 • Feb. 15, 2026
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 • Nov. 25, 2025
Their appearance was a sensation – combining sheer technical skill with a thrilling joie de vivre, as they span their double basses, twirled their trumpets and clattered their cowbells, all while clad in Venezuelan-flag jackets.
From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025
And in so doing, we lose our enjoyment of the moment, our buoyancy, our joie de vivre.
From Salon • Sep. 12, 2024
Solid, monumental like his grandfathers, but with a joie de vivre and an irresistible good humor that they did not have, Aureliano Segundo scarcely had time to look after his animals.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
