Examples of gleeful in a Sentence
the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl
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There is certainly a layer of ick that pervades this often gleeful depiction of the 1989 murder of Jose and Kitty Menendez by their sons, Lyle and Erik, and the media circus that followed.
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2025
What follows is a gleeful parade, perfect for viewers who always wanted to meet the high school star crush whose posters adorned their bedroom walls.
—Michelle Kung, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Dracula exhibits a gleeful, chaotic vulgarity, yet Jude’s sideways vampire history concludes on a note of reconciliation and hope.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
The first breach was awful: humiliating for the women who had to see their images passed around, and grim given the number of men making fun of those images with such open, gleeful cruelty.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 30 July 2025
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Joe Reid, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2025
What follows is a gleeful parade, perfect for viewers who always wanted to meet the high school star crush whose posters adorned their bedroom walls.
—Michelle Kung, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Dracula exhibits a gleeful, chaotic vulgarity, yet Jude’s sideways vampire history concludes on a note of reconciliation and hope.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
The first breach was awful: humiliating for the women who had to see their images passed around, and grim given the number of men making fun of those images with such open, gleeful cruelty.
—Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 30 July 2025
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“Gleeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gleeful. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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