We played together happily for hours.

Meaning: This means that people were in each other's company, enjoying themselves for a long period of time.

Choice of Words: Together means in each other's company. Happily means feeling or showing pleasure or contentment. Hours means a period of time equal to 60 minutes. When you put them together, the sentence says we enjoyed each other's company for a long time.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• The children played happily for hours.
• The child played with the toy happily for hours.
• They would spend hours together, just enjoying each other's company.
• They had spent hours building it together.
• They play together for hours, having lots of fun.
• They played fetch with the ball for hours.
• Hours passed as she played joyfully.
• I played with it for hours on end.
• They played hide-and-seek for hours, until the sun began to set.
• They played fetch for hours.