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

For one shuddering second there seemed to be an intangible living quality in that metallic drone, as though some nameless creature sang in horrible exultance.

From The Cavern of the Shining Ones by Wells, Hal K.

"Monsieur, it is my shame," she cried, with a little half sob of exultance.

From Montlivet by Smith, Alice Prescott

Forbes felt no longer an exultance at falling in with these people.

From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert