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

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

Adam cried, 'The Lily;' but the sweet voice at his side, Grown tremulous and faint with overjoy, Could only whisper, 'Purity.'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Then Alaeddin passed through it and was met by his wife, when they embraced and exchanged kisses with all delight until they wept for overjoy.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Are we not overjoy, dearest, and cannot speak?

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