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verb

as in to delight
to feel or express joy or triumph the whole town is joying in the fact that its oldest church has been restored to its Victorian splendor

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Recent Examples of joy
Noun
This band and these songs have been such a source of joy for all of us. Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2025 Jason's kids have made a few surprise appearances on the brothers' New Heights podcast, and Travis has often opened up about the joys of being an uncle. Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
Acevedo’s treatment of magic as an everyday possibility is compelling, but there is also magic in the wonder, surprise, frustrations, and joys the characters experience in their relationships with one another. Nicole Chung, Time, 25 July 2023 In Rachel Kushner’s essay collection, The Hard Crowd, specifically the titular essay, there is an ode to joy near the beginning. Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Jan. 2023 See all Example Sentences for joy 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joy
Noun
  • Dopamine is also released, creating happiness and satisfaction while lowering levels of stress and anxiety.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Today well-lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • That’s the delight of Morandi: his comedy has no rise or fall.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • But most cats continue to knead blankets and pillows for the rest of their life, to the delight of humans.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Messi, at 35, led his country to glory against France, winning soccer’s ultimate prize in a pulsating match that finished 3-3 after extra time and had to be settled by a nerve-wracking penalty shootout.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • If Harris can bring together a family with Indian, African, and Jewish heritage, America can glory in its diversity.
    Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2020
Noun
  • But even if life doesn’t bring me back to that little shop in rural England, that bit of bliss can come back to me.
    Danny Heitman, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Her weekends were spent in old warehouses on the outskirts of the city—rooms filled with blaring techno and young Czechs lost in their own transient states of bliss.
    Puja Patel, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Looking is one of the central, if not the central, pleasures of the movies, and has been since the days of Gish, Garbo and Valentino.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The German microbrewery/restaurant has installed new TVs in its bier hall and at the bar for your viewing pleasure.
    Sam Allard, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • In 2023, Ju won her first Emmy for Beef, which triumphed as that year’s Outstanding Limited Series.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
  • Aitch triumphed in the hip-hop/grime/rap category over Central Cee, Dave, Loyle Carner and Stormzy.
    Thomas Smith, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Surprise summer treats like s’mores, bonfires before sunset, and ice cream socials fit for kids and adults alike make days spent at the Inn that much sweeter.
    Eliseé Browchuk, Vogue, 3 Feb. 2025
  • In 2023, Ben played a Dunkin' employee serving unsuspecting attendees drinks and treats in a hidden camera-like spot.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 3 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • After Gaga, a visual and aural feast of New Orleans sights and sounds took over the field on at the Superdome thanks to the Southern University Human Jukebox Marching Band, who demonstrated that the musicianship in the state of Louisiana is second to none.
    Joe Lynch, Billboard, 9 Feb. 2025
  • There will be a traditional wake, ceremony, and feast for Evan on Thursday, February 1, starting at 6 p.m.
    Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025

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