exultance
Example Sentences
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Though Degas demonstrates ballet’s beauty here, he traces no exultance in her; and meanwhile, he allows us to feel kinesthetically just how each muscle is operating.
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2014
And Mr. Howard’s voice rose to match the music’s crests, from a quiet, elfin murmur to a more insistent, rasp-edged tenor — and at times into a pealing falsetto that merged desperation and exultance.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2012
"He loves me still!" she whispered, and pressed her breast with clenching hands, and laughed in wild exultance, and paced her room like a caged lioness.
From The Call of the Canyon by Grey, Zane
With a cry, half of trepidation, half of exultance, Phillips crushed his cap upon his head.
From The Winds of Chance by Beach, Rex Ellingwood
He watched her now with a thrill of satisfaction—with that suppressed exultance of a gambler holding a winning card.
From The Lady of Big Shanty by Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley)
