Joy turned to tears quickly.

Meaning: His happiness swiftly transformed into sorrow.

Choice of Words: Joy means feeling pleasure or contentment. Turned means to change direction or position. Tears are drops of salty liquid that come from the eyes, typically as an expression of sadness or pain. Quickly means happening or done in a short time. Period marks the end of a sentence.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Laughter and tears flowed freely as she turned the pages.
• The computer turned on quickly after I pressed the power button.
• The pages turned quickly as she devoured the story.
• The pages turned quickly as he devoured the story.
• Pages turned quickly.
• Computer turned off quickly.
• Her sadness turned to joy.
• Fear turned to joy, flashlight friend.
• Tears of joy, laughter of relief.
• The rain cried tears of joy upon the earth.