elate
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And if you can hear a song as irresistible as “Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat” and not feel your soul elate, you may be a stranger to joy.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2020
McQueen worked the way a dreaming brain does, transmuting suppressed instinct into images that can trouble, mystify, and elate.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 21, 2016
“One lives in hope that music is more than mere noise, filling up idle time, whether intending to elate or lament,” he added.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2010
Missing are the wit and verve, the "elate darting rhythms" with which Shaw said Mozart conveyed the spirit of the work.
From Time Magazine Archive
She said the autumn never failed to amaze her; to elate.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
You go your way heedless, uncaring — as if you owned all the treasures of the world; even grief elates you, even sorrow sits well upon your brow.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2016
In a nation ravaged by corruption, lashed by typhoons, and beaten down by poverty, nothing unites and elates the populace like Manny Pacquiao.
From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2009
The bulk of the reportage for the cover naturally came from Bonn Bureau Chief Benjamin Cate, whose assignment to the West German capital elates from Sept.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It just shows the dope side of the industry when a strong company like Option steps up to support me and my ideas to create something amazing right in Vancouver." elates Chris.
From Time Magazine Archive
The thought of Royal dignity elates me, But leaving thee behind me breaks my heart!
From The Complete Plays of Gilbert and Sullivan by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert
Shortly after Diana’s death in 1997, Spencer wrote that he spoke by phone to Charles, who he said seemed strangely elated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
During one self-reflective moment, Bryan yells, “Yeah! Video games!” elated at how his shooting is improving.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Those who make it on are visibly elated.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
When the South Carolina Republican landed Saturday in Washington, colleagues said he was tired but elated after a whirlwind of meetings in Europe and Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
On the contrary, I was elated and urgently wanted to tell my closest friends.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Instead, once his deal with the Dodgers was finalized, Hernández tweeted out the news himself, elating Dodger fans by writing, “Sources say….. I’m back!!!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
So when you liberate aggressive energy, it's euphoric, elating, you feel alive.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2021
True, certain body images here radiate bold, untrammeled joy, as in the case of Rashaad Newsome’s elating, fast-cut video potpourri of New Orleans Mardi Gras parades and vogueing.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
And it's maddening when you can't do it every time, but it's elating when you can do it at all.
From Fox News ● Apr. 3, 2021
What I felt was one part jet lag, maybe, but two parts something more profound and elating.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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5-letter words, List 1
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