glad
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She said she is glad her career lasted long enough to allow her to play against two elite playmakers — Minnesota Lynx guard Olivia Miles and Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
Overwhelmed by the choices, I contacted a travel agent — and I’m so glad that I did.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
“I’m letting them know if you’re going to try to tackle me, it’s going to hurt you more than me. I’m glad someone thinks they can tackle me.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
"I'm just glad that I managed to win again in three sets."
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
“Well, I am glad to see that the study of natural science is not neglected,” Mr. Whipple admitted.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
And I’m gladder still that by the end of your letter you realized what question you were really asking.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2021
I was even gladder to see his look of awe, his happy suspension of disbelief in the face of such adult wizardry.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 29, 2019
No holdouts, which makes Carroll’s heart even gladder.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2016
I am glad to have finally seen it, but gladder still that my bed is not a bus ride away.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 25, 2010
I would be gladder if it were the Hound, Sansa thought.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Across the land this Christmas season, churches old and new, grand or unpretentious, prepare for the gladdest occasion of the Christian calendar.
From Time Magazine Archive
For many an entrepreneurial Pop the gladdest moment of a lifetime is when his No.1 son enters the family firm.
From Time Magazine Archive
Famed in Los Angeles as the gladdest glad-hander of them all, Norris Poulson made the mistake of trying to slug it out with Yorty.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had run over to me and was standing down below with the gladdest face.
From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore
“But the proudest and gladdest of all must be—George.”
From The Twa Miss Dawsons by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
The doctor waved his hand to the Royal Orchestra, who immediately struck up with Jesu Christes Milde Moder—since Dr. Bartholomew’s book had recommended that madmen should be gladded with instruments.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Sithence I writ what goeth afore, have we all been rare gladded by Walter’s coming, which was just when the dusk had fallen.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
Hence I took a thought This was a judgement on me; that my kingdom, Well worthy the best heir o' the world, should not Be gladded in't by me.
From King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
The guests be gladded with lutes and harps.
From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Robert Steele
This news so gladded the heart of Corydon, that he should not be put out of his farm, that putting off his shepherd's bonnet, he did her all the reverence that he might.
From Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy by Edward Chauncey Baldwin
God safely quit her of her Burthen, and With gentle Trauaile, to the gladding of Your Highnesse with an Heire King.
From Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
But where the devil were you gladding last night, my young master?
From The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
One day she saw below her in the forest a dear gazelle, gladding her with its soft black eye.
From Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Ambrose Bierce
Oh, noble is the knotted oak, And sweet the gush of sylvan streams, And good the great sun's gladding beams, The blush of life upon the field, The silent might that mountains wield.
From Rose and Roof-Tree — Poems by George Parsons Lathrop
God safely quit her of her burden, and With gentle travail, to the gladding of Your Highness with an heir!
From King Henry VIII by William Shakespeare
