There was a wholly joyous expression on his face, one of sheer pleasure in being alive.

"This hymn is generally considered by hymnologists to be one of the most joyous expressions of hymn lyrics in the English language."

But she should avoid allowing her joyous expressions to turn coy.

Kyle turned from Taylor back to his mother again, the same joyous expression on his face.

Still, defensiveness constitutes a minor note in a mainly joyous expression of the Islamic imagination.

With his words, the joyous expression on Ros's face inched away and was replaced by an agony of confusion.

Yet it is also an almost painfully joyous and abandoned expression of the preciousness of life.

A hyphen does indeed belong between the yee and the haw of this joyous expression.

Of course, on line you don't see the joyous expression of someone who has absolutely fallen in love with a book.

The joyous expression faded from Baldur's face, and his voice was grave.