Alec felt elated—it was the first time that the stallion hadn't drawn back into the stall at the sight of him.—Walter Farley, The Black Stallion, (1941) 2002But I was elated when my song was banned. I mean, nothing could have complimented me more than to hear they just banned it at such-and-such a station …—Tom Petty, quoted in Rolling Stone, 14 Nov. 2002Inside the … hall, the combination of national crisis and imminent electoral victory creates an atmosphere at once pensive and elated.—Yossi Klein Halevi, New Republic, 25 Dec. 2000Much elated with her success, Jo did "tell on," all about their plays and plans, their hopes and fears for Father, and the most interesting events of the little world in which the sisters lived.—Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, 1869
She was elated at the news.
she was elated upon learning that she had been accepted by her first-choice college
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Mohamed Salah leapt for joy in front of the elated away supporters before being mobbed by his team-mates.—James Pearce, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025 For Birkin, getting older meant a kind of invisibility, a prospect that at once unnerved and elated her.—Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 Kairi Sane was elated for Asuka.—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 The Ashton Brook community is elated that Danny has disappeared.—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for elated
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