exult
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In another refrain found in many poems, the women exult: “I have become cool, free.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
They would exult in the stark beauty of the landscape, spend oodles of money in local restaurants, bars and hotels, and then go home again — hopefully without driving up housing prices too much.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2022
Weinreich did not plan to stay awake until dawn to exult in that achievement, to revel in the perpetuation of the sort of uncontested primacy that most fans, in theory, crave.
From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
Against any other quarterback, maybe on any other day, Buffalo could exhale and exult.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 24, 2022
I want to enjoy this moment, exult in it, but then there’s Sausun.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
Unlike Hoover Dam, which exults in exertion, the Gateway Arch seems effortless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
“Adventure, risk, transformation,” she exults, forever on the lookout for her next metamorphosis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
“I’ve found you,” he exults, in a full-band onrush of drums, saxophone and tremolo-strummed guitars, and the connection sounds rapturous.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
He exults in the drama between a soloist and the orchestra, which he uses, as in his film scores, with great imagination and virtuosity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
"What did I say?" exults Hugo, clapping his hands.
From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
“Cookies!” exulted the chalkboard menu, the sole dessert offered during the entire retreat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
“This is super cool,” exulted Dean, an auto mechanic who does the repair work at the family-run garage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2024
“We did it!” a family member exulted to lead defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024
Having dreaded the worst, Pakistan exulted with relief and pride over the daring rescue.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023
He felt a minnow brush his leg and he exulted to be doing so well in the minnow’s own medium.
From "Abel's Island" by William Steig
Mr. Herzog is interested in everything, and makes everything interesting, exulting in all of the world’s settings, the stranger the better.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
We need to take the next step, which is to say that they are breaking systems and exulting in it.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2026
Nobody in the crowd was weeping, openly exulting or rioting — although police helicopters, seemingly alert to the possibility of protest in the city — buzzed overhead throughout the performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2022
She walked away exulting because slow, hip-rolling grannies can’t do what she does.
From Washington Post ● May 7, 2022
It was wild and exulting, like a hawk’s shrill cry.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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