be elated
Example Sentences
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"The great thing is, we haven't started speed work yet, so this is just raw speed and endurance. My coach is going to be elated."
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2023
I used to be elated on mornings I had to fly out and found myself at his security gate because I knew I would be treated like everyone else.
From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2022
George Washington would be elated if he read it and confused when someone explained it to him.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 2, 2022
At first glance, the Ducks should be elated to be included in the top four.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
It is better to be too cool than extravagant in praise; and though mediocrity may be elated if it can draw to itself undue honors, true greatness shrinks from the least exaggeration of its claims.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Margaret Fuller
