overjoy

Example Sentences

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There’s a mix-and-match feel to Battlefront II’s multiplayer that I think is going to overjoy some fans, and infuriate others.

From The Verge • Jun. 11, 2017

Then Alaeddin passed through it and was met by his wife, when they embraced and exchanged kisses with all delight until they wept for overjoy.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

You overjoy me, madam; you shall have it, an 'twere twice as much.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 02 by Scott, Walter, Sir

"It am de boys and Tom and Bill come back to overjoy us," said Washington.

From Through the Air to the North Pole or The Wonderful Cruise of the Electric Monarch by Rockwood, Roy

History of the World," he is describing Roman energy in the founding of colonies: "Such an offer, were it made in England, concerning either Virginia or Guiana, it selfe would not overjoy the multitude.

From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de