pride and joy
Example Sentences
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The almost-daily barrages, paired with the cold snap, have put lives at risk and created an unprecedented threat for Ivannikov's pride and joy: a collection of almost 4,000 species.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
You can take pride and joy in creating a home together, now that your remaining children have left or are about to leave the home.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025
"Even if we don't win, you're still part of something bigger... that's something that we can all take pride and joy in."
From BBC • Jul. 26, 2025
“That is sort of my pride and joy, I think the best piece of work I’ve done,” she said.
From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2024
The property, which had once seemed to him like paradise and had been his pride and joy, was now a nuisance.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
