gleeful

Example Sentences

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"You're getting sacked in the morning," was the chant directed at Slot by the gleeful City supporters as their side scored four goals in 20 minutes either side of half-time.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Marshall brokered a cease-fire between a dismayed Chiang and gleeful Communists in January 1946: It was meant to last for two weeks but “became a four-month truce that changed the course of the civil war.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Last year, he brought his gleeful sense of mischief to the U.K. competition series “Taskmaster.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

When it comes to the people who are actually running the prisons, how would you describe the process in which they became either completely okay or even gleeful about their role in mass incarceration.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2026

Apparently Voldemort was dwelling endlessly on the unknown youth with the gleeful face, whose name and whereabouts, Harry felt sure, Voldemort knew no better than he did.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling