joy
Example Sentences
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But when you’re meal planning, it’s worth asking yourself: would one extra stop save me enough money — or bring me enough joy — to make it worthwhile this week?
From Salon • May 22, 2026
Here, she discusses her physical and mental transformation, the importance of intimacy and the candy joy of a Nerds Gummy Cluster.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
For Slow Food, "he combined the ability to dream with a deep sense of joy and collective purpose, paving concrete paths toward social change".
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
"I think some of some of the discussion I've seen has veered between outright snobbery and just downright unpleasant, a bit of kill joy attitude, you know, there's enough doom and gloom in the world."
From BBC • May 20, 2026
When I heard it, and when it took me over too, I forgot there was anything but joy in the world.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
Vocabulary lists containing joy
"The Giving Tree"
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Key Words, Unit 5
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