joy
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Erika Kirk was standing center stage in a hotel ballroom, explaining the difference between earthly pleasures and heavenly joy, when a heckler interrupted her remarks to shout incendiaries at her.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Even when “Stop! That! Train!” falters and the steel of the train tracks starts to shake things too severely, the film is put back on its course by its sheer joy.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Rook's sister Sophie told the court: "Without Annabel, there is less joy and less hope."
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
He doesn’t abandon art, but he can’t summon the urge to sell himself or his work, to graft his joy in making things onto the caprices of the marketplace.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
I had seen dogs with compassion for each other and their young, and with anger and joy and hate and love but this humor went into me more than the other things.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
Vocabulary lists containing joy
"The Giving Tree"
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Key Words, Unit 5
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