be elated
Example Sentences
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You'd think the crowd would be elated, but they were really disappointed.
From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025
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
New Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff has to be elated.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2021
As we were winding our way up the steep ascent, with its ever-increasing view down the valley and over the Pacific, we could not but be elated and inspirited with our surroundings.
From A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 by Knowles, J. Harris (John Harris)
