1
: exultant high-spirited joy : merriment
dancing with glee
2
: a part-song for usually male voices
Examples of glee in a Sentence
They were dancing with glee.
He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.
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Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
The former Nuggets guard danced around Ball Arena with glee throughout a 6-for-7 shooting game and was even bold enough to confront 7-footer Jonas Valanciunas after taking exception to a foul.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
His six year old cousin opened the door and broke out in pure glee, rushing back to call for his mother.
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But Fishback crosses that line with apparent glee, using a Jewish sacred space as a punchline to score political points.
—Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
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Yiyun Li, New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2026
The former Nuggets guard danced around Ball Arena with glee throughout a 6-for-7 shooting game and was even bold enough to confront 7-footer Jonas Valanciunas after taking exception to a foul.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2026
His six year old cousin opened the door and broke out in pure glee, rushing back to call for his mother.
—Yousra Elbagir, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
But Fishback crosses that line with apparent glee, using a Jewish sacred space as a punchline to score political points.
—Steven Burg, Sun Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2026
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glee. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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glee
noun1
: high-spirited joy
2
: an unaccompanied song for three or more voices
gleeful
adjective
-fəl
gleefully
adverb
-fə-lē
gleefulness
noun
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