Explore Happiness through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like felicity or spirit. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Happiness in a sentence
Happiness meaning
- The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
- Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing.
- Good luck; good fortune.
Synonyms of Happiness
Using Happiness
- The main meaning on this page is: The emotion of being happy; joy; elation. | Prosperity, thriving, wellbeing. | Good luck; good fortune.
- Useful related words include: felicity, emotional state, spirit, unhappiness.
- In the example corpus, happiness often appears in combinations such as: happiness and, of happiness, and happiness.
Context around Happiness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 13 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Happiness
- In this selection, "happiness" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bringing, aggregate, word, gurus, researchers and surveys stand out and add context to how "happiness" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2020s the happiness gurus sound and achievement contributive happiness and ultimate. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "happiness" sits close to words such as interface, ron and stroke, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with happiness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As for happiness: The World Happiness Report America at 19th, just below Belgium. (13 words)
It's understanding that an individual's happiness and wellbeing is linked to the happiness and wellbeing of others. (19 words)
From this constant search, “Track Your Happiness” is born, a modern application capable of measuring your degree of happiness. (19 words)
The jury is still out on whether money can buy happiness — personally, I wouldn’t complain if my day job was sipping piña coladas on my private yacht; however, what I do know is that achievements do not equate to happiness. (41 words)
The university, along with five of its women colleges, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rekhi Foundation for Happiness to offer the course and set up a Centre of Excellence for Science of Happiness in these colleges. (39 words)
While both a soccer game and the birth of his daughters brought him happiness, Kathryn helped him realized that there is a distinct difference between temporary happiness and lasting joy that comes from communing with God in quiet moments. (39 words)
Is a society like ours, strongly predicated on the actual pursuit of happiness, in a potentially strong position to give away its freedom in exchange for spiritual states of contentment, happiness, and joy? (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
This form of utilitarianism holds that what matters is the aggregate happiness; the happiness of everyone and not the happiness of any particular person.
Dr. David Pelcovitz, Professor of Psychology at Yeshiva University, observes that the word “happiness” is etymologically linked to words such as “happenstance,” “haphazard,” or even “mishap,” suggesting happiness is random, a roll of the dice.
Father Spitzer shares that happiness can be broken down into four levels: “Immediate Gratification,” “Comparative Achievement,” “Contributive Happiness” and “Ultimate Good,” or faith in Christ.
We eagerly seek out education, relationships, career advancements and friendships all for the sake of finding happiness but rarely do we seek happiness from within.
By the 2020s, the happiness gurus sound more like McKinsey consultants, connecting happiness with productivity and focus, using the stilted language and metrics of workplace wellness initiativeshave almost zero real benefits for employees).
The university, along with five of its women colleges, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rekhi Foundation for Happiness to offer the course and set up a Centre of Excellence for Science of Happiness in these colleges.
Is a society like ours, strongly predicated on the actual pursuit of happiness, in a potentially strong position to give away its freedom in exchange for spiritual states of contentment, happiness, and joy?
It's understanding that an individual's happiness and wellbeing is linked to the happiness and wellbeing of others.
Opportunity is not only a byproduct of physical freedom but rather is found in a certain inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness, and as long as happiness can be pursued, opportunity will exist always.
So with randomized controlled trials largely not available to them, happiness researchers instead rely on self-reported happiness surveys, where large groups of people anonymously report their levels of life satisfaction.
UAE Cities in the lead in ‘Cities Happiness Index’ This year’s report included a special indicator that captures happiness on city level.
While both a soccer game and the birth of his daughters brought him happiness, Kathryn helped him realized that there is a distinct difference between temporary happiness and lasting joy that comes from communing with God in quiet moments.
As for happiness: The World Happiness Report America at 19th, just below Belgium.
But your happiness matters to me, and the happiness of living in Seattle is a real thing if you know where to go and what to do, and there have been some happy-making developments at Carmelo's Tacos.
From this constant search, “Track Your Happiness” is born, a modern application capable of measuring your degree of happiness.
It’s Happiness Team (aka customer service team) carries out Bombas’ 100% Happiness Guarantee in their everyday interactions and through additional initiatives.
Minister of Information and Communications Technology, Nicholas Dausi said politics means bringing happiness to the people and what the DPP government is doing is bringing happiness in peoples homes.
The International Day of Happiness, which started in 2013, is celebrated worldwide every March 20, to inspire, mobilise, and advance the global happiness movement.
The jury is still out on whether money can buy happiness — personally, I wouldn’t complain if my day job was sipping piña coladas on my private yacht; however, what I do know is that achievements do not equate to happiness.
And if the human experiences any pleasure or happiness other than in God, that joy and happiness will not endure.
Common combinations with happiness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- happiness and 33×
- of happiness 32×
- and happiness 22×
- the happiness 12×
- happiness is 12×
- happiness in 11×
- happiness to 10×
- happiness for 10×
- happiness that 8×
- his happiness 8×