a mood of joyous anticipation
a joyous crowd eagerly awaiting the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve
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As was the case with Porro weeks before, the Emirates boomed with joyous applause.—Art De Roché, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025 If the cast seems instructed to play just a tad broadly, and hit the jokes a touch to hard, and the second act runs a bit too long, well, the overzealousness does little to dampen the overall joyous vibe.—Greg Evans, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025 But the joyous atmosphere suddenly changed as gunshots sounded across the serene park.—Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 24 Apr. 2025 She’s tacitly involved in what will be an assassination and then has go back into the party, which is this joyous event for everybody else, in that kind of chaotic mental state and with that kind of guilt.—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for joyous
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