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- noun Plural form of
joy . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
joy .
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Examples
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Breast pressing breast and robed in joys their own,
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* One of the main joys of not working in retail these days is not having to hear the same twelve songs played over and over and over and over again.
In Which I Tell You That Everyone's Crazy: The War On Christmas shadesong 2005
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My heart will never throb as it has throbbed; never rejoice as it has rejoiced; for she who lived but for me, who doubled all my joys, is gone!
The Scottish Chiefs 1875
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The mere remembrance of spiritual joys is better than the present enjoyment of carnal ones (Ps 4: 6, 7). upright -- rather, "uprightly," "sincerely" (Ps 58: 1; Ro 12: 9); so
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Time with my child (ren?) – one of my greatest joys is seeing the world through my daughter’s eyes.
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Bitching is one thing, it’s one of the main joys of life – complaining and whining and what not, I do it all the time about everything.
How many people actually have experience to help Twitter? : #comments 2008
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But it’s hard to explain, this schizophrenic state of mind and heart and soul wherein the greatest of all loves and joys is accompanied, always, by the deepest of all fears.
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Bitching is one thing, it’s one of the main joys of life – complaining and whining and what not, [...]
2008 May : #comments 2008
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D. in mathematics at Yale University a classic girly pursuit, recalls the joys of imagining a "'dream dress' that was every color of the rainbow and had opals in the shape of morning glories" and reigning over Sarahland.
Still Gripped by the Ideal of the Princess Virginia Postrel 2010
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This vision of simple joys rhymes with the most elemental modern value: the pursuit of individual happiness.
The Chosen Peoples Todd Gitlin 2010
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