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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

Only the most violent of shocks now could shake or elate the nation.

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

Now the broader waters gleam—   Seems my voyage upon the stream   Like a semblance of a dream,   And the dream my Soul elates;   Life flows through the cypress gates   Of the Ocklawaha.

From The Gentleman from Everywhere by James Henry Foss

Nervous, elated and tired students flocked to schools across the UK on Thursday to find out their grades, with many telling the BBC how they did and their hopes for the future.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

"We are all stunned and elated by this discovery, yet also humbled ⁠to remember what happened in that place so long ago," said Russ Matthews, president of the Air/Sea Heritage Foundation.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

When Graham 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

She was elated that authorities are taking allegations against the rescue seriously but overwhelmed by the “horrible darkness” of the carcasses discovered.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

But she was still elated, particularly when the envelope arrived from USC, which was attended by all those happy, privileged kids from Disneyland.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

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

It’s elating, or overwhelming, depending on your experience.

From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2017

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