joy
Example Sentences
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It could engender pride and joy at your stealthy maneuvers, indifference, resentment or using the friendship as collateral for a loan.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
But grieving isn’t always a matter of making space for the pain and the joy in equal measure.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
She confides her joy in working there and also tells John that he was abandoned as a baby on the steps of the store.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
Simakis calls the group’s vision for the space “unrelenting joy mixed with benevolent chaos,” as well as “a beautiful folk art museum that’s also a space rave.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
When the caravan of buses pulls up at Varadero Beach, all of us are delirious with joy.
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Vocabulary lists containing joy
"The Giving Tree"
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Key Words, Unit 5
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