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 I told him of my adventures, which did not seem altogether to overjoy him.

From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines

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

Are we not overjoy, dearest, and cannot speak?

From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

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