only too happy

Example Sentences

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Denmark had long said that it was only too happy to see an increased American military presence on Greenland.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Like Noel Fielding, Dick Turpin is only too happy to talk.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024

This shows how efficient the brain is: once it has found a solution to a certain problem, it is only too happy to use it for other, similar tasks as well.

From Science Daily • Feb. 1, 2024

Iran has been isolated and only too happy to have new trading partners and some source of international legitimacy.

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2023

The advertising agency and the tobacco company were delighted by the unpaid publicity and were only too happy to confess to the error in the coda, “What do you want, good grammar or good taste?”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker