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gladness

[ UK /ɡlˈædnəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. experiencing joy and pleasure

How To Use gladness In A Sentence

  • Shah went forth with her for a distance of three parasangs; after which he bade farewell to her and the Wazir and those with him, and returned to his home in gladness and safety. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • David's prayers and complaints, by the lively actings of faith, are here, all of a sudden, turned into praises and thanksgivings; his sackcloth is loosed, he is girded with gladness, and his hallelujahs are as fervent as his hosannas. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)
  • And I think very much on his part there's just a sense that the whole thing - gladness that the whole thing is over.
  • Which obseruances and ceremonies performed and brought to end, they returned streightwaies to their ships, and as soone as the wind served, passed forward on their iournie with great ioy and gladnesse, as men put in comfort to find out the wished seats for their firme and sure Chronicles (1 of 6): The Historie of England (2 of 8)
  • And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences
  • A man of gladness seldom falls into madness. 
  • But they as it seemed, being desirous to stay, accepted verie thankfully, and with great gladnesse that which vvas offred first. Summarie and true discourse of Sir Frances Drakes West Indian voyage
  • I suppose you think I ought to be falling all over you in gladness, tra-la ? THE THORN BIRDS
  • When Nur al-Din foregathered with his mother and father, they were gladdened in each other with the utmost gladness and care and affliction ceased from them, whilst his parents joyed no less in the Princess Miriam and honoured her with the highmost honour. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
  • Browning laid the scene of his poem in Germany, save perhaps the use of such words as "thorp" and "croft," but there is a clean, pure morning light playing through the verse, a fresh, health-breathing northern air, which does not fit in with Italy; a joyous, buoyant youthfulness in the song and march of the students who carry their master with gay strength up the mountain to the very top, all of them filled with his aspiring spirit, all of them looking forward with gladness and vigour to life -- which has no relation whatever to the temper of Florentine or The Poetry Of Robert Browning
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