Example Sentences

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Religion, as I joyfully taught my second-graders in Sunday school, was about faith and community—something beyond transactions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

Hosted by comedians Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, “Las Culturistas,” works because it feels like a glimpse into a FaceTime call between two of your funniest and most joyfully self-aware friends.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2026

This book is an important reminder that you can protect the environment joyfully.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025

Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England.

From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025

So he begged his father for bread, received two hundred dollars by return mail, and, early one morning, he clambered joyfully aboard a Trailways bus bound for the capital.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols