be overjoyed

Example Sentences

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Liverpool's supporters will be overjoyed at agreement being reached, having made their feelings clear when Salah used rare public utterances to bring an impasse over his contract into the public domain.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

I’d be overjoyed if James and her “Abbott” co-star Sheryl Lee Ralph were both nominated, as they’re essential members of the show’s superb ensemble.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2022

Full disclosure: If I could avoid 100 percent of the awkward-but-necessary conversations the average lifetime serves up, I'd be overjoyed.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2022

“I’ll be overjoyed if customers say our ducks still taste like my mother’s,” said Sarisa.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2021

“It’s not the mechanics of your letter delivery that I don’t understand, Theo. It’s—any of it. You don’t think your parents would be overjoyed that you’re home?”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse