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the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl
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Taylor-Joy recalls the painful mornings now with a gleeful theater-kid energy.
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Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 7 May 2024
The slaughterers, still spattered with blood, made gleeful boasts about their atrocities that were broadcast horrific videos and quoted in news articles.
—Ami Ayalon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2024
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Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 7 May 2024
The slaughterers, still spattered with blood, made gleeful boasts about their atrocities that were broadcast horrific videos and quoted in news articles.
—Ami Ayalon, Foreign Affairs, 11 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for gleeful
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“Gleeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gleeful. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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