happy family
Britishnoun
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another name for grey-crowned babbler
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another name for apostle bird
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
Then be said: “It is a pity you never had the opportunity of seeing the Orkneys at home. They didn’t have a happy family life like yours.”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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