gleeful

Example Sentences

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Our critic dubbed it “a gleeful, tender and even sentimental film.”

From New York Times

Some Ukrainians were gleeful at the prospect of a split in Russian ranks 16 months after the Kremlin's troops invaded their country.

From Reuters

I’ve yet to meet anyone lobbying for pervasive and unquarantined open-air drug use, wanting their nostrils twinged by fentanyl smoke on the light rail, or gleeful to witness public violence on downtown corners.

From Seattle Times

It’s a daringly creative and often gleeful coda to this long, sad, sordid true story.

From New York Times

While Trump’s team piled on with gleeful mocking - “a #DeSaster of epic proportions,” Donald Trump Jr. wrote on Truth Social - many Republican officials, donors and early state activists suggested there would be few long-term consequences.

From Washington Times