Sentence examples for joyous shot from inspiring English sources

That's why home, as Philip Larkin put it in an altogether cosier context, is so sad: "A joyous shot at how things ought to be,/ Long fallen wide".

"Home is so sad," wrote Philip Larkin, because it remembers us: "A joyous shot at how things ought to be, /Long fallen wide.

Once cited in the penultimate chapter of Anita Brookner's new novel, Larkin's lines cast their light back over the whole book — for in both, home is, as the poet puts it, "A joyous shot at how things ought to be, / Long fallen wide".

In its mashup of fun and feminism, the scene is typical of a joyous show in which women call the shots.

Then there was Diego's celebration of Gabriel Heinze's goal against Nigeria, a joyous rear-view shot of the great man cuddling one of his subs, and shaking his booty like a five-bob stripper.

We saw it in no way blasphemous as our joyous cross-batted shots evaded 150-year-old corer points or deep extras on the route to the consecrated boundary.

It's a very joyous show".

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A strong, rangy point guard with a deadly shot and ferocious moves to the basket, Shoni has the kind of sheer, joyous athleticism that can leave you slack-jawed as you watch.

Joyous too.

Joyous romp?