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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
joy .
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Examples
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When the news reached Cairo, the merchant Taj al-Din joyed at the return of his son and Nur al-Din’s mother likewise rejoiced therein with passing joy.
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If Bosher could have seen the effect of this elegant extract upon the captain he would probably have "joyed" with infinite self-satisfaction.
The Willoughby Captains Talbot Baines Reed 1872
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He joyed in her joy, his eyes as excitedly fixed on her as bears were fixed on the object of her attention.
Chapter XV 2010
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His eyes snapped vindictively, while his ears joyed in the sniffles she emitted.
Chapter 3 2010
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He had marveled at it, and joyed in it, all their years together.
CHAPTER XXV 2010
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Lord love me, Dick, but he was joyed to see me, -- him with the upper hand and wedding Tilly.
SIWASH 2010
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I ran the liquor down and joyed as the maggots mounted in my brain.
Chapter 22 2010
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Jacob Welse loafed and joyed in the utter cessation from work, and Frona joyed with him in that it was good.
CHAPTER 23 2010
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At such moments a great sympathy welled up within me, and I felt shame that I had ever joyed in his discomfiture or pain.
Chapter 13 2010
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Scott, I was so over-joyed to see you refer to Second Life that I temporarily lost focus and forgot to comment … ..
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