How to Use pride and joy in a Sentence
pride and joy
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Even with all the new models, their C5 Field watch is still their pride and joy.
—Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 7 Mar. 2023
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There’s Tommy as a baby, his dad lifting him high in the air, all pride and joy and wonder.
—Andrea Stanley, Men's Health, 21 June 2023
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But Brandy was her father’s pride and joy, and worried he would be disappointed.
—Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
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He was once considered our worst president, a talking point but not one to swell his mother’s breast with pride and joy.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 22 July 2023
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The investor’s call was full of pride and joy as management outlined their ability to get great apparel for their customers.
—Walter Loeb, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
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Venus Williams may be a professional tennis player with impressive accolades, but her dog is her pride and joy.
—Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
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Thanks to its selection of buzzy beachfront bars and restaurants, fabulous hotels and water attractions, and fine, powder-soft sand, the beaches of Isla Mujeres are its pride and joy.
—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
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Daughter Aïcha, her parents’ pride and joy, leaves the country to become the first person in the family to go to university, studying medicine; her younger brother, Selim, living in her shadow, flounders in school.
—Marion Winik, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
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Throughout his health ordeal, Harrelson stayed involved with his professional pride and joy.
—Staff and Wire Reports, The Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2024
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