One joyously flourishes a flag, another dotes on an extremely long spear, and a drummer beams rugged confidence that we like his drumming.

NEWYORKER: New Amsterdam

With an energetic performance by John Travolta, as a joyously crooked federal agent.

NEWYORKER: Savages

Give him a word, and he would burrow joyously into its etymology.

ECONOMIST: P. Lal

Three women sitting next to me started singing along, softly at first, and by the second hymn a good part of the audience was joyously singing with them.

WSJ: Theatergoers: Can I Get an Amen? | Sightings by Terry Teachout