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
Jeff Yau, 25, grew up with a sense that the handover had been a happy event, but more recently has come to fear for the city’s future.
From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2022
These buildiing scream for attention like expensively dressed children at a birthday party staged by wealthy parents where the gloss and glitter takes all the humanity from a supposedly happy event.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2019
And so it came to pass that the normal, happy event of dividing food after a hunt became a war of insults and rage and starving bellies.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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