Examples of joyous in a Sentence
a mood of joyous anticipation
a joyous crowd eagerly awaiting the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve
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Dratch also continued to giggle through lines for the rest of the sketch, and her occasional pauses to get her bearings were met with joyous applause from the SNL audience.
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
At night, as the temperature cools, Dahlia’s warms up into a joyous watering hole for locals and visitors alike, with the quieter overflow lounging in the secondary Moss Bar next door, which takes on a more masculine energy with its green walls and taxidermy decor.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
But nothing like this joyous singalong, as 30 years of hurt really did seem to be at an end.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The final full Black Sabbath concert in 2017 wasn’t a joyous occasion to Ozzy because Bill Ward wasn’t there.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
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Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
At night, as the temperature cools, Dahlia’s warms up into a joyous watering hole for locals and visitors alike, with the quieter overflow lounging in the secondary Moss Bar next door, which takes on a more masculine energy with its green walls and taxidermy decor.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
But nothing like this joyous singalong, as 30 years of hurt really did seem to be at an end.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
The final full Black Sabbath concert in 2017 wasn’t a joyous occasion to Ozzy because Bill Ward wasn’t there.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for joyous
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“Joyous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/joyous. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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