happy family

British

noun

another name for grey-crowned babbler
another name for apostle bird

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Example Sentences

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"I hated myself. I felt I'd ruined a perfectly happy family," Jacqui says.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

There is an oppressive notion that anyone not in a happy family has failed at life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

I was flummoxed, in part because they read like a Mad Lib of happy family keywords, but also because the existence of “my baby” would have been news to me.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2025

And what I've learned from my experience and education is that conflict is healthy and that resolution doesn't always mean one big happy family.

From Salon • May 10, 2025

“This was never a happy family while he was here, Monique. Your memory don’t work so good, it seems.”

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper

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