How to Use happiness in a Sentence

happiness

noun
  • They made a toast to long life and happiness.
  • This boy will bring so much love and happiness to your home.
    — Will Richmond, The Providence Journal, 14 Feb. 2026
  • My heart swells with happiness for you two.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025
  • My heart swells with happiness for you two.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But there’s one place where happiness is the name of the game.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Many many years of love and happiness!
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • And how does one achieve true happiness?
    — Olivia Morelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Mar. 2026
  • And most of all thank you @bradfalchuk for the true happiness.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Sep. 2018
  • This game, the happiness, the peace, the joy.
    — Jim Barnes january 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Hence the happiness of the whole record.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
  • That’s just where the happiness comes from.
    — Charlotte Observer, 11 Jan. 2026
  • But what about happiness at work?
    — Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • That's the key to my happiness.
    — Gillian Telling, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • There's a true zest for life, like this is what happiness should feel like.
    — Matt Miller, Esquire, 6 June 2017
  • May this day bring you lots of happiness, joy but most of all lots of smiles.
    — Sydni Ellis, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2023
  • That sort of crazy laugh of where there was just pure happiness shown on her face.
    — Diana Pearl, Peoplemag, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Are there cracks in their happiness?
    — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 17 May 2026
  • The good old times, the happiness.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
  • May you be showered with all of these and a lot of happiness.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 17 Jan. 2023
  • There’s been a lot of happiness around Duke of late.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Eager to add this sense of happiness to your own home?
    — Heather Bien, Martha Stewart, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The desire to know and be known is part of the quest for happiness.
    — Ross Channing Reed, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The past four years have brought a lot of happiness into my life.
    — Michael C. Dealoia, cleveland.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • May the happiness of Purim guide you in your faith all year long.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 24 Feb. 2023
  • People are drawn to happiness and to joy, not doom and gloom.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Knowing that one girl had been saved gave me a brief buzz of happiness.
    — ELLE, 20 Oct. 2022
  • There were no gaps in the happiness that consumed this block.
    — Omar Tate, Bon Appétit, 3 Sep. 2020
  • This may be good for the bottom line but not for our health and happiness.
    — Brad Stulberg, Outside Online, 24 May 2022
  • The person who gets dumped should get to find happiness first.
    — Anna Silman, The Cut, 12 June 2018
  • It’s brought a lot of joy, happiness and success to my life.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026

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