happy event
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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“Not that you shouldn’t celebrate the happy event, but the brother or sister may need a little extra love.”
From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025
But much of the second season revolves around a happy event: the imminent wedding of Murray Hill's Fred Rococo, casually announced during a poker game.
From Salon • May 7, 2023
The happy event comes as Washington and the nation are in the midst of a deadly pandemic, waves of social upheaval and a bitter presidential campaign season.
From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2020
The press got wind of the happy event, and it soon got happier still.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 22, 2018
“No higher pleasure...even compared with the happy event that, I hear, has taken place in your family this week?”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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