elate

verb \ i-ˈlāt \

Definition of elate

elated; elating

transitive verb

:to fill with joy or pride

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Examples of elate in a Sentence

The discovery has elated researchers.
the winning of the state basketball championship elated the whole town

Recent Examples of elate from the Web

Audi fans should be elated that Ingolstadt, despite financial setbacks caused by the Volkswagen diesel scandal, can justify a five-cylinder engine used only in two low-sales-volume cars.

— clifford atiyeh, Car and Driver, "Fives Alive! We Track the 2018 Audi TT RS and RS3," 3 Aug. 2017
So when a Filipino church came forward and bought the deteriorating collection of Victorian-style buildings last week, local officials were elated the village would be saved from rotting away.

— michael melia, The Seattle Times, "Filipino church feeds expansion by buying ghost town in US," 16 July 2017
So when a Filipino church came forward and bought the deteriorating collection of Victorian-style buildings last week, local officials were elated the village would be saved from rotting away.

— Washington Post, "Filipino church feeds expansion by buying ghost town in US," 16 July 2017
After working so hard to shed my own skin from top to bottom, I was elated to look like myself.

— amber rambharose, Glamour, "Please Stop Telling Me to 'Fight My Frizz'," 12 July 2017
I was elated that evening, flitting around the room talking to people, laughing.

— jill gleeson, Woman's Day, "Can Horses Understand Our Emotional Pain Better Than Other Humans?," 23 June 2017
AP HAVANA — Juan Alberto Menendez vividly recalls feeling elated that December day in 2014 when President Barack Obama announced that the United States and Cuba would end a half century of estrangement.

— alan gomez, USA TODAY, "Some Cubans 'feel sick' over Trump's new Cuba policy," 16 June 2017
AP HAVANA — Juan Alberto Menendez vividly recalls feeling elated that December day in 2014 when President Barack Obama announced that the United States and Cuba would end a half century of estrangement.

— alan gomez, USA TODAY, "Some Cubans 'feel sick' over Trump's new Cuba policy," 16 June 2017
Mr. Krasner’s win elated his supporters, who say such a change is overdue.

— scott calvert, WSJ, "A Civil-Rights Attorney May Become Philadelphia’s Next Prosecutor," 1 June 2017

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