"This is the beginning, not the end, but it's a joyful thing to have this sort of a beginning," he said.

And how joyful things had become, now that she'd received his letter.

She would tell the people joyful things, cheer them up, make them happy.

I remember the first time it corssed my mind to try shooting it and then it working was just a joyful thing.

His feet felt fine, and the empty desolate rockscape was a joyful thing to see.

Ah, neighbors, 'tis a joyful thing to have it among us!

It was a joyful thing, talking to men whose minds matched my own.

Fenna is the one purely joyful thing in Maggie's life.

It is a joyful thing to reach harbour, and home.

While a battery that allows a car start at the first turn of the key is a joyful thing, it doesn't last forever.