Examples of joy in a Sentence
Noun
Their sorrow turned to joy.
I can hardly express the joy I felt at seeing her again.
Seeing her again brought tears of joy to my eyes.
The flowers are a joy to behold!
What a joy it was to see her again.
Verb
the whole town is joying in the fact that its oldest church has been restored to its Victorian splendor
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Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The Ten of Cups signals joy, connection, and harmony in your personal life.
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But that joy cracked under the weight of what came next.
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Lift your forks and wine glasses to toast to the joy that is the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture.
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Noun
The things that bring us joy come out early in life.
—Maria Gracia Santillana Linares, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
The Ten of Cups signals joy, connection, and harmony in your personal life.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
But that joy cracked under the weight of what came next.
—Danielle Bacher, People.com, 1 July 2025
Lift your forks and wine glasses to toast to the joy that is the 2025 ESSENCE Festival of Culture.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for joy
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“Joy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joy. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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