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.