joy go

Frequency: 4.51.5 per million words

Often used in the past tense to mean that happiness has disappeared from a situation.

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Examples (10)

  • All the joy had gone out of his life.
  • After the breakup, all the joy seemed to go from her days.
  • The initial joy quickly went as the problems mounted.
  • It felt like all the joy had gone from their relationship.
  • With the bad news, the joy simply went out of the celebration.
  • He watched as the joy slowly went from her eyes.
  • The constant pressure made the joy of the work go.
  • Once the novelty wore off, the joy of the game went.
  • She wished the joy hadn't gone from their early days together.
  • Every time he remembered the incident, a little more joy went from his heart.