a mood of joyous anticipation
a joyous crowd eagerly awaiting the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve
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The unrelenting, excessive applause isn’t just joyous.—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2025 Amber Heard is celebrating a joyous Mother's Day as a mom of three.—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 12 May 2025 No single afternoon—no matter how joyous—can undo decades of scandal or secular drift.—Christopher Hale, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025 The coming days are for celebration; Leo’s name will be uttered in homilies and Masses across the Roman Catholic world, and will spark particularly joyous scenes in his home country, where one in five adults identifies as Catholic.—Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 8 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for joyous
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