felicity

Example Sentences

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Hindus believe Hinglaj Mata is one the places where the remains of Sati, the goddess of marital felicity and longevity, fell to earth after she ended her life.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024

He argued that dirty streets were a welcome sign of prosperity — "a necessary evil, inseparable from the felicity of London."

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2021

As Anne Enright noted years ago, “Hadley, for all the felicity of her prose style, is an immensely subversive writer.”

From The Guardian • Feb. 9, 2019

It falls to some highly skilled performers to keep us up to speed, and no one accomplishes this with more felicity than Emily Shackleford.

From Washington Post • Dec. 3, 2018

“What felicity it is to hear a tune again which has made one happy!—If I mistake not that was danced at Weymouth.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen