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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

Neither the pursuit of records nor the fact that he is the most successful driver in the 22-year his tory of organized drag racing seems to elate him.

From Time Magazine Archive

The recitation of these old scandals seemed to elate her as much as they horrified Doge.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

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

Bobby elates the disenchanted with his blanket condemnation of the way things are, but his alternatives for the most part are either vague or on the safe side.

From Time Magazine Archive

If favourable, I do not deny that the praise elates, and if unfavourable, that the abuse irritates.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore

In Lima, elated Peruvians lined the streets Wednesday afternoon, hoping to find a choice spot from which to cheer on the pontiff, who was expected to travel into downtown Lima in his white popemobile.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

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

In further extracts published on Thursday, he claimed how the King "sounded giddily elated" when he called him after Diana's death, alleging Charles sounded like a "lottery winner".

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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

She felt sick and glittery, droopy and elated.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake

Until we can applaud the performer’s return to the stage, attending a vinyl bar’s listening session for “Fudge” is about as close to that elating experience as a person can get for now.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

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

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

She and Dutoit and the orchestra were in elating rapport.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 29, 2016

What I felt was one part jet lag, maybe, but two parts something more profound and elating.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama