exultancy

Example Sentences

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"There is no place like it, no place with an atom of its glory, pride and exultancy," novelist Thomas Wolfe rhapsodized in 1935.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the first time, the word brought exultancy to him, a lifting of the spirit.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

The beauty of rhythmic movement, the joy of living and of being young, exultancy, baldanza–these are what they express for us.

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.

She had turned her frank gaze to Hugh in mingled wonder, exultancy, and distress.

From Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi by Cable, George Washington

A sweet exultancy told him that her nature turned to him as irrevocably as the needle to the north.

From Rose MacLeod by Brown, Alice