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feel a glow of contentment

To feel delighted and satisfied. The newlyweds are so cute—they really seem to be feeling a glow of contentment. I felt a glow of contentment when I saw that I'd won three academic awards. My hard work had paid off! I can't believe I finally have my own home! Gosh, I still feel a glow of contentment every time I pull up in front of it.
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feel a glow of happiness

To feel delighted and content. The newlyweds are so cute—they really seem to be feeling a glow of happiness. I felt a glow of happiness when I saw that I'd won three academic awards. My hard work had paid off! I can't believe I finally have my own home! Gosh, I still feel a glow of happiness every time I pull up in front of it.
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feel a glow of happiness

 and feel a glow of contentment; feel a glow of satisfaction; feel a glow of peacefulness
Fig. to have a good feeling of some kind. Anne felt a glow of happiness as she held her new baby. Sitting by the lake, the lovers felt a warm glow of contentment.
See also: feel, glow, happiness, of
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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References in periodicals archive
With her great conversational style and quick wit, she shows us how to "connect the dots and find contentment."
'Those who discover and get to understand the wisdom of Gibran's words, get to live a life of contentment,' the Prime Minister posted on Twitter, referring to Gibran, the author of literary classics including 'The Prophet' and 'Broken Wings'.
Those who discover and get to understand the wisdom of Gibran's words, cited below, get to live a life of contentment.
The residents of the area demanded Rawalpindi contentment Board (RCB) to take immediate steps to restore the proper supply of clean drinking water to the residents.
It is with pleasure and with pride that I review the book, Introspective Meditations for Complete Contentment (Santosha).
Today, my measure for life contentment has changed tremendously.
As long as you're not hurting anyone, give in to your wants because that is the only way you'll find contentment within you.
London [UK], Nov 20 ( ANI ): Brazil national football team coach Tite has expressed contentment over the way things are turning out for forward player Neymar as captain of the squad.
The guest lecturer, Sheikh Suleiman Al-Madani, speaking on the theme of the lecture, 'Patience, Endurance and Contentment, said Allah always blesses people with these virtues with greatness.
In 1 Kings 6, the Israelites were also enjoying some peace and contentment. It was "480 years after the people of Israel [had been] rescued from their slavery in the land of Egypt" (1 Kings 6:1).
Instead of measuring happiness, the study compared the finances of each participant with how often they experienced seven positive emotions including amusement, awe, compassion, contentment, enthusiasm, love and pride.Interestingly, the researchers found that those at the higher end of the socioeconomic spectrum reported a greater tendency to experience emotions that focused on themselves, specifically pride and contentment.
Now is the perfect time to increase your contentment and spread the joy by preparing and sharing some homemade food.
Contentment A state of mind we all should strive to have, It's like ring fencing emotions, the ones we need to save, Discarding negative thoughts and troublesome things, That's what true contentment brings.
The overall results provide strong evidence for the relevance of team climate and co-worker impact in influencing distinct group member deviance behaviors, the function of human resource routines and job contentment in envisaging workplace interpersonal deviance, and the mediating function of organizational commitment in the personality-workplace deviance link.
Hygge, or 'hue-gah' as its pronounced, has no direct English translation but roughly speaking it means cosiness and contentment...
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