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Example sentences for "joyous"

Lexicographically close words:
joyning; joynt; joyntly; joynts; joynture; joyously; joyousness; joys; jubes; jubilance
  1. I quickly followed; and there we two lay panting, and looking down with joyous eyes on the surrounding ruins and the boundless desert in the distance.

  2. The only reply that I received was a joyous laugh, and the next moment Sedjur stood by my side.

  3. We were all-- "Glad together in gladsome mood And joyful in joyous lustre.

  4. Even as I mourned for him his mood changed, and he laughed with a laugh that turned him into a joyous boy.

  5. And the autumn, thronged with beasts and birds, was joyous and pleasant for the magnanimous sons of Pandu.

  6. And with a joyous heart, and smiling pleasantly, she addressed these words to him with all the blandishments of love, "O king, thou art always true to thy promises.

  7. He loved the exhibition of any kind of energy, and was as almost as keen a spectator of the rough and violent as of the tender and joyous aspects and doings of life and nature.

  8. He examined it curiously, then let out a whoop of joyous mirth.

  9. He answered her as lovers have from the beginning of time--with kisses, with little joyous exclamations, with eyes that told more than words.

  10. Because they could hear, over the wall, the sound of joyous laughter--the laughter of men, women and little children.

  11. I met many people who talked with me by spelling into my hand, and thought in joyous sympathy leaped up to meet thought, and behold, a miracle had been wrought!

  12. For a long time these strange creatures haunted my dreams, and this gloomy period formed a somber background to the joyous Now, filled with sunshine and roses and echoing with the gentle beat of my pony's hoof.

  13. The large, downy peaches would reach themselves into my hand, and as the joyous breezes flew about the trees the apples tumbled at my feet.

  14. His parents are too poor to pay to have the little fellow sent to school; so, instead of giving me a dog, the gentlemen are going to help make Tommy's life as bright and joyous as mine.

  15. Chapter XI In the autumn I returned to my Southern home with a heart full of joyous memories.

  16. I did nothing but explore with my hands and learn the name of every object that I touched; and the more I handled things and learned their names and uses, the more joyous and confident grew my sense of kinship with the rest of the world.

  17. But no sooner had he returned to his element than he darted to the bottom, swimming round and round in joyous activity.

  18. It is due to the citizens to say that not one of them went beyond reasonable bounds on this joyous occasion, by which I do not mean to intimate that they were accustomed to the beverage referred to.

  19. The other laughed; not a joyous laugh of natural mirthfulness, but something resembling a chuckling sneer that was horribly repelling.

  20. The sound of a wedding march played upon the wheezy cabinet organ by Jim Carpenter followed him into the gloom; above the gasp of the organ was lifted the unmistakable chatter of joyous voices.

  21. She's just sailed for Europe, and that good-looking actor friend of the family happened to go on the same steamer," she was saying with a joyous smile.

  22. Not twenty-four hours had passed, and yet it seemed that ages lay between the joyous midnight and the sodden, heart-breaking eve that followed.

  23. Eleanor turned pale and the joyous light fled from her eyes.

  24. Tristesse If you were not away These trees, this south-wind and this dreary day Would all be mad with joyous ecstasy; But you are gone, so mourning they with me Find bitter-sweet in idle fantasy.

  25. Not his the swift lithe strength that ever slays, And in its joyous slaying doubly sweet, Like some young god adown immortal ways, Crushing the blossoms 'neath unheeding feet.

  26. All the family loved the old lady, and she came in for her full share of the joyous welcome.

  27. The best possible recommendation, dear lady," Juanita answered, with a joyous smile.

  28. Then the King arose from his place, and not a word said he, but he looked around with a baleful look, and it would have been an ill day for anyone that he saw with a joyous or a merry look upon his face.

  29. Lay by thy mantle of melancholy, and strive to lead a joyous yeoman life for three stout days.

  30. To the joyous lark And it's hark to the cooing dove!

  31. It has a way of saddening joyous looks, and imparting severity to smiling lips.

  32. In his young days Warren had been very partial to plays of that kind, and his joyous peals of laughter on such occasions still rang in the ears of his friend.

  33. Having acquired this mastery, he uses it to depict life in its most joyous aspect.

  34. Yet not even his brilliant perversities can sadden the joyous atmosphere; it is only made the more enjoyable by force of contrast.

  35. Out from tent and wagon-box they poured at eight o'clock, these merry, happy revellers, filled to the brim with joyous anticipations of all that the day and the years would bring to them.

  36. Nor are the experiences of the nuptial day always joyous to the timid young bride.

  37. Physically he felt very tired, which he told himself was absurd, but mentally he was of a joyous alertness.

  38. She ate her supper in a state almost too placidly joyous for excitement, and afterwards went up to her room and sat with her elbows on the window-sill and her chin on her hands, looking out.

  39. Who sows the serpent's teeth let him not hope To reap a joyous harvest.

  40. Turn not thine eyes upon the backward view, Let us look forward into sunny days, Welcome with joyous heart the victory, Forget what it has cost thee.

  41. This time, however, there was no crowd, no brilliant procession, no joyous music.

  42. The notes danced and leaped upon each other in joyous confusion, creating an enthusiasm that was as instantaneous as it was remarkable.

  43. See the damsels around thee, how joyous they are!

  44. There I went in to the King in his palace, and he gave me a joyous welcome.

  45. Thence I repaired to Baghdad, and my family and my friends gave me a joyous welcome.

  46. But Colvin was fond of riding, so presently, letting out the powerful animal for all he wanted over the wide Karroo plains, a sense of keen joyous exhilaration scattered all serious thought to the four winds of heaven.

  47. The sun was now well up over the eastern horizon, sweeping his joyous morning rays in golden warmth over this warring drama of blood and of wounds and of death.

  48. Everywhere there is a joyous exuberance of life and vigour.

  49. I was there, then, with my face turned towards a new land, and a thrill of joyous emotion pervaded me.


  50. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "joyous" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    beaming; beatified; blessed; blissful; blithe; buxom; cheerful; cheery; convivial; dancing; elated; exalted; exultant; festal; festive; frivolous; gala; gay; glad; gladsome; gleeful; glowing; golden; happy; hilarious; jocular; jolly; jovial; joyful; joyous; laughing; leaping; lighthearted; merry; merrymaking; mirthful; pleasant; purring; radiant; rapt; rapturous; rejoicing; risible; rollicking; singing; smiling; smirking; sparkling; sunny