glad
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"We are glad that Rooppur is known to the world, and my friends and I hope that we will work at the plant after graduating from engineering schools," he added.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
I’m only glad that you had health insurance and, I hope, paid time off when you slipped on ice in the parking lot and injured yourself.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
And frankly, the happy prime minister would likely be only too glad to talk for as long as necessary about those favourite subjects.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
“I’m just glad to see him making plays on guys that aren’t our receivers now,” Adams said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026
I sat at the hearth that night, glad that Da had left us with enough turf to burn until he came back.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
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Nobody is gladder for Rosen, Donoghue, and Engel than constitutional democracy is today.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2022
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 was glad that Polly had found his proper place in the world but gladder still that it was not with us.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
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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
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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
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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
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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
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It imparted new fervor to the minister at the altar, and swelled the hymn of thanksgiving from tearful worshippers to its loudest, gladdest note.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
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
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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
But I find not the angel in any wise gladded with the same.
From Mistress Margery by Emily Sarah Holt
And they must be gladded with instruments of music, and somedeal be occupied.
From Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Robert Steele
And they must be gladded with instruments of music, and some deal be occupied.'
From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by James Joseph Walsh
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
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
And God give you to know Christ, and send us a happy meeting in that His blessed habitation, unto the great gladding of your most loving and dutiful daughter, Margery Marnell.
From Mistress Margery by Emily Sarah Holt
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