pride and joy
Example Sentences
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It could engender pride and joy at your stealthy maneuvers, indifference, resentment or using the friendship as collateral for a loan.
From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026
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
"To my daughter, you are my pride and joy", the prime minister wrote in an Instagram post, adding that he does his job for her generation.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 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
But her pride and joy was one of those huge dictionaries with every word in the universe in it, the kind of book it takes two kids to carry.
From "Frindle" by Andrew Clements
