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Example sentences for "joy"

Lexicographically close words:
jovially; jowari; jowl; jowled; jowls; joyance; joye; joyed; joyes; joyeux
  1. The admiral listened to the recital of the vicar without interruption, and, as soon as it was finished, to the great joy of the worthy pastor, expressed the most anxious wish to make every reparation in his power.

  2. The second day after the admiral's death, a carriage and four drove furiously up the avenue and stopped at the entrance door.

  3. Admiral De Courcy was the lineal descendant of an ancient and wealthy family, of high aristocratic connection.

  4. I trust, however, that you will, in future, be employed in a more honourable manner.

  5. God forbid that I should deprive your majesty of that," replied Jerry, smiling at the idea of halving nothing.

  6. That she regulates the tides is, I believe, the only point upon which there is now no scepticism.

  7. Willy jumped into the boat, and was taken on board with his patron.

  8. With us at sea it still hath been observed, and we are strong in earnest.

  9. And, as Monica continues silent, a great joy fills his soul.

  10. She was kicking them up and down with delight," says Terence, fairly bubbling over with joy at the recollection.

  11. He is not," says Desmond, with loving indignation, pressing her dear little head so close against his heart that she can hear it throbbing bravely and can find joy in the thought that each separate throb is all her own.

  12. But Monica, in happy ignorance of rotting timbers, thinks only of the joy she felt last evening when the discovery of this demoralized treasure was made.

  13. He had made the name of Republic a triumph and a joy in foreign lands.

  14. This is the great joy we now announce to the world.

  15. As it was, bound together as they were by only a mutual recognition, their joy in each other knew no bounds.

  16. The joy bottled up in the child seemed to have swept through him like an electric current.

  17. I have a greater right to do it than Byng, and I'd have a greater joy in doing it; but whatever he is, it is not all his fault.

  18. Then it was with the gloating look of the gambler who swings from the roulette-table with the winnings of a great coup, cynical joy in his eyes that he has beaten the Bank, conquered the dark spirit which has tricked him so often.

  19. Right, lads," he said with a stern joy in his voice.

  20. A Welsh preaching hillman, carried away by the triumph of the moment, gave the great tragedy the bugle-note of human joy and pride.

  21. My spirit and my body might be satisfied, the glory in having you all my own would be so great; but there would be no joy for you.

  22. He who was once the pride of a fond father, and the joy of a doting mother, had made his mark and gone from a workhouse bed to answer before his Creator and Judge for the deeds done in the body.

  23. Heat and cold, rain and sunshine, joy and sorrow, all afforded you an excuse for compelling me to partake of the fatal cup.

  24. Keep your heart strong and generous, and interior joy will come back to you.

  25. What joy took possession of my heart yesterday, dearest daughter, when I caught a glimpse of a chance of seeing you again, and what noise and excitement at recreation when I gave the news of your coming!

  26. Now to answer yours, which has been a joy beyond words to me: so is it in your power, my dearest Sister and friend, to give me true pleasure.

  27. May Our Lord be the joy and consolation of Madame, my most dear sister, and of yourself.

  28. You are indeed happy in serving our Lord and His holy Mother: give your service, my beloved friend, with boundless joy and courage.

  29. He heard her prayer, and her life was a continual interior martyrdom, nevertheless joy and tranquility of soul never abandoned her.

  30. A great joy dawned in Asa Skinner's pale face, for he saw that Eric Hermannson was swaying to and fro in his seat.

  31. You utterly fail to communicate to her the atmosphere of that untroubled joy in which you dwell.

  32. Religion heals a hundred hearts for one that it embitters, but when it destroys, its work is quick and deadly, and where the agony of the cross has been, joy will not come again.

  33. We have the contemporary records of the joy of the Americans at Cambridge, and the dismay of the besieged in Boston.

  34. A touching account of the English captives, the reluctance of some of them to part from their captors and savage life, and the joy of others again to meet their relatives, is in Dr.

  35. They are without the blood lust that makes fighting a joy for fighting's sake.

  36. And so, from a purely humane standpoint, we could fully appreciate this English captain's joy at being captured.

  37. A bleak wind whistled and howled around the ruins of the village, in which there had been so much human joy before and so much misery after.

  38. They sounded nasty great things to have coming in the wrong direction, and we wished the Germans joy of them.

  39. But this Indian coal is far from being desirable fuel, as it not only clogs the fire kettles with dirt, but, while it gives out a minimum of heat, it sends forth a maximum of smoke, and so our prize was not an unmixed joy to us.

  40. The joy which fills him is plainly legible in his face.

  41. Kenelm, eagerly, and turning eyes that sparkled with joy towards the lawn of Grasmere.

  42. This artless praise, and the perfect absence of envy or thought of self evinced by her joy that her friend's wish was gratified, though her own was not, enchanted Kenelm.

  43. But, after they had lived in the valley a month or more, there came a bitter hard frost, and to their joy the Wild-Ducks came back to the river saying that their favourite feeding-ground was frozen up.

  44. And a little later his mother came and found him, and though she too was terribly tired, she cared nothing about herself in the joy of seeing him.

  45. So they made their way to the nearest shelter and curled up together to keep each other warm, banishing all thought of the day's adventures in their joy that they were safe.

  46. The old friends moved on beside the flower-borders and fell into trivial converse to hide a joy as deep as that of sweethearts who have quarrelled and now are reconciled.

  47. Her nails were blackened and split with labour, Her back was heavily bowed; Silently floated beside her The isles of sunset-cloud.

  48. Sir, I have suffered much From these Melpomenes and strawberry quills, And think them better at their bloody lines On The Blue Lady.

  49. And he believed it, Chapman, he believed it!

  50. There was a burden of mystery Brooding on all that night; and, when at last Chapman replied, I knew he felt it, too.

  51. FIRST OLD MAN That minds me, Couched in the thicket yonder, we overheard The Sheriff tell Prince John.

  52. At the Mermaid Inn Men disagreed in friendship and in truth; But he agreed with all men, and his life Was one soft quag of falsehood.

  53. BARON To keep up mine estate I need much more.


  54. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "joy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    amusement; beam; beatification; beatitude; bliss; caper; cheer; cheerfulness; chirp; crow; dance; delight; ecstasy; elation; enchantment; enjoyment; exaltation; exhilaration; exuberance; exult; felicity; frisk; frivolity; frolic; fruition; fun; gaiety; gambol; gladness; glee; gloat; glory; happiness; heaven; hilarity; honor; intoxication; jocularity; jollity; joviality; joy; joyfulness; laugh; laughter; levity; lilt; merriment; mirth; paradise; pleasure; purr; radiance; rapture; ravishment; rejoice; revel; romp; satisfaction; sing; skip; smile; sparkle; sunshine; transport; treasure; triumph; whistle