How to Use happy place in a Sentence

happy place

noun
  • In a lot of ways, planes are my happy place.
    — Zach Wichter, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • Um, that's me and my happy place right there.
    — Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Close your eyes and picture your happy place.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Jones shared that one of Kern's happy places was on a boat.
    — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • The Arctic is one of my happy places.
    — Photovogue, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
  • But yeah, that was certainly my happy place this past week.
    — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 9 May 2026
  • It's been my happy place and a happy place for a lot of people for a long time.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Performing is my happy place, and to be doing that again just feels so nice.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The new amusement park proved a happy place for the company.
    — Mark Lane, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Art lovers will find their happy place in Otrobanda, with its bold street art and galleries.
    — Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Jennifer Garner is in her happy place.
    — Julie Jordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 June 2026
  • Highgrove is his happy place where he is relaxed and away from royal duties.
    — Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 Mar. 2026
  • This is Brinkley’s happy place, and it’s known as Tower Hill.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Spain were in an extremely happy place until Monday.
    — Pol Ballús, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Suddenly, Old Trafford is a happy place again.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Kardashian is in a happy place internally, too.
    — Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026
  • To truly resonate, a happy place should be a landmark in one’s personal biography.
    — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Maddie and Cal are in a really solid, really happy place this season.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 June 2026
  • Mammoth Lakes, California, is my happy place.
    — Sharael Kolberg, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2026
  • Berries are packed with antioxidants, fiber and vitamin C, so his healthy eating habits should put me, the proud grandmother, in a happy place, right?
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
  • Airports have not been happy places lately, between long lines and understaffed security checkpoints.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
  • For Mbappe, the World Cup was his happy place once more, quietening some of the noise that has accompanied his game in recent months.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • With five pools, nine restaurants, a paintball course, and tennis, pickleball, and basketball courts, every member of your family can find their happy place.
    — Chelsea Adams, USA Today, 20 June 2026
  • Best Last-Minute Amazon Prime Day Kitchen Deals If your happy place is the kitchen, these deals are worth a look.
    — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 June 2026
  • How can Mabel, a renegade environmentalist who’s still attached to her childhood happy place, possibly fight this?
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The big rolling grassy landscapes, the dark ridges of pine and starry nights—these are all reasons why Wind Cave National Park remains one of my happy places.
    — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 14 May 2026
  • French Fizz Le Rosé 2021 If a little fizz is your happy place, don't miss this one, Capaldi says.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
  • This seems be Sub*T’s happy place too, making their full-length debut, How My Own Voice Sounds, a delightful discovery.
    — Brendan Hay, SPIN, 1 May 2026
  • Home hasn’t been a happy place for the Red Sox, who came into Wednesday night’s game against the Baltimore Orioles with the worst home record in MLB and their worst home record up to this point in nearly 100 years.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
  • Kauffman Stadium has been Sarah Nauser’s happy place for years, as a teenager heading to The K after softball practice at Blue Springs High with her best friend and as an adult, for a few precious innings, getting to watch over the dugout in her last day in full uniform as a police officer.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2026

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