1943, Frank Alfred Lea,Carlyle: prophet of to-day:
All the people are in a sort ofjoydom over the new French Republic,' he wrote to Emerson, 'which has descended suddenly (or shall we say, ascended, alas!) out of the Immensities upon us;[…]
1950, Dornford Yates,Lower Than Vermin:
I trust he is full withjoydom to be with his scholars again." Not daring to trust her voice, Vivien inclined her head.
1991, Xam Wilson Cartiér,Muse-echo blues:
When you thought of Chicago, you thought of thejoydom called Jazz.
2005, Theodore Russell Weiss, Renée Karol Weiss,The Always Present Present: Letters, Poems:
Your cummingsjoydom joydoms me. He has, as you see, that innocence & fraternity of things I love so much, that easy oneness with the world: the world in his hands is a sauntering along, a song, a gaiety as of a late spring rain[…]
2007, Robert H. Cataliotti,The Songs Became the Stories:
The association of Chicago with "thejoydom of jazz" inspires Lena to name her son after the city, yet the impulse to find a creative outlet through the music is so strong that it prompts her to abandon her child when her husband attempts to stifle her creativity and career.
