exultant
adjective
ex·ul·tant
ig-ˈzəl-tᵊnt 
: filled with or expressing great joy or triumph : jubilant
an exultant cheer
exultant fans
exultantly
adverb
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Examples of exultant in a Sentence
The crowd let out an exultant cheer.
Researchers are exultant over the new discovery.
Recent Examples on the Web
Zoo officials were exultant.
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Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
Wakanda Forever is almost by nature more conventional and less exultant than Black Panther.
—Vulture, 9 Nov. 2022
For this exultant and meticulously patterned work, Halvorson invited the string quartet into her standing sextet of improvising players, creating her richest ensemble sound yet.
—New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
In the two years separating the start of recording from that exultant night in Providence, the band replaced its original drummer, Ken Coomer, with the more adventurous Glenn Kotche.
—David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2022
Succession at a time of somber reflection rather than exultant triumph is part of the genius of constitutional monarchy.
—Andrew Roberts, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
Infantino, who now resides in Qatar, offered exultant praise for his hosts.
—Tariq Panja, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2022
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was exultant.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 25 Nov. 2022
The morning after Dallas Pride, Christina Pierce posted an exultant Facebook message.
—Britt Peterson, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
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Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2020
Wakanda Forever is almost by nature more conventional and less exultant than Black Panther.
—Vulture, 9 Nov. 2022
For this exultant and meticulously patterned work, Halvorson invited the string quartet into her standing sextet of improvising players, creating her richest ensemble sound yet.
—New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
In the two years separating the start of recording from that exultant night in Providence, the band replaced its original drummer, Ken Coomer, with the more adventurous Glenn Kotche.
—David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Oct. 2022
Succession at a time of somber reflection rather than exultant triumph is part of the genius of constitutional monarchy.
—Andrew Roberts, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022
Infantino, who now resides in Qatar, offered exultant praise for his hosts.
—Tariq Panja, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2022
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was exultant.
—Sean Gregory, Time, 25 Nov. 2022
The morning after Dallas Pride, Christina Pierce posted an exultant Facebook message.
—Britt Peterson, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
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First Known Use
1653, in the meaning defined above
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exultant
adjective
ex·ult·ant
ig-ˈzəlt-ᵊnt
: full of or expressing joy or triumph
exultantly
adverb
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