HAPPINESS in a Sentence

Learn HAPPINESS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

420 example sentences for HAPPINESS, such as:

1. I was formed for peaceful happiness.
2. He who talks much of his happiness summons grief.
3. Let us wish you both a hundred years of happiness.
4. I wish you both all the luck and happiness life can offer.
5. Their happiness was not decreased by the absence of summer.

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 Meanings and Examples of HAPPINESS
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happiness
 n.  emotions experienced when in a state of well-being
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I heard of him first in rather a romantic manner, from a lady who owes to him the happiness of her life.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 2
2  It was thus that I was to be taught to associate evil with their prosecution, happiness with their disregard.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
3  My children," she said, "my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
4  I fear, my friend, that I shall render myself tedious by dwelling on these preliminary circumstances; but they were days of comparative happiness, and I think of them with pleasure.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
5  At these moments I wept bitterly and wished that peace would revisit my mind only that I might afford them consolation and happiness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
6  Felix was too delicate to accept this offer, yet he looked forward to the probability of the event as to the consummation of his happiness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
7  The presence of Safie diffused happiness among its inhabitants, and I also found that a greater degree of plenty reigned there.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
8  Their happiness was not decreased by the absence of summer.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
9  This, I thought, was the moment of decision, which was to rob me of or bestow happiness on me forever.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
10  Do not suppose, however, that I wish to dictate happiness to you or that a delay on your part would cause me any serious uneasiness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
11  Once commenced, it would quickly be achieved, and I might be restored to my family in peace and happiness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
12  If this journey had taken place during my days of study and happiness, it would have afforded me inexpressible pleasure.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
13  I was formed for peaceful happiness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
14  Here also we made some acquaintances, who almost contrived to cheat me into happiness.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
15  The wretch saw me destroy the creature on whose future existence he depended for happiness, and with a howl of devilish despair and revenge, withdrew.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  Smiling, not because happiness too long, is too long time forgot to sorrow.
17  Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.
18  Nor are the insights of happiness limited to what is near around you.
19  To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
20  We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
21  The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
22  Whether happiness and sorrow in life would finally become memories.
23  He who talks much of his happiness summons grief.
24  Why I have never catched the happiness Whenever I want you ,I will be accompanyed by the memory of.
25  Congratulations on your graduation and hope the future will bring you success and a whole wide world of happiness.
26  I wish you both all the luck and happiness life can offer.
27  Wish you a whole world of happiness now that your birthday is here.
28  I would like to wish you a joyous new year and express my hope for your happiness and good future.
29  Let us wish you both a hundred years of happiness.
30  Best wishes for the holidays and happiness throughout the New Year.