exultant
adjective
ex·ul·tant
ig-ˈzəl-tᵊnt 
: filled with or expressing great joy or triumph : jubilant
an exultant cheer
exultant fans
exultantly
adverb
Examples of exultant in a Sentence
The crowd let out an exultant cheer.
Researchers are exultant over the new discovery.
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Branch said one final time, then jumped into the air a few times before disappearing into a mass of teammates — exultant, relieved and … lucky.
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Seth Emerson, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
June 11, 2025 Music 13 of the late Brian Wilson’s finest songs to revisit
Wilson leaves a singularly inventive, exultant body of work that scripted California to the world.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
The exultant right-wing influencers who cheer on MAGA’s sassy clapback anti-diplomacy should remember that insulting another country’s politicians is like insulting someone else’s family.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Chu deftly times the crescendo to place the exultant Elphaba on a spectacular clifftop, an image that evokes both fairy tales and vintage movie musicals.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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Seth Emerson, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025
June 11, 2025 Music 13 of the late Brian Wilson’s finest songs to revisit
Wilson leaves a singularly inventive, exultant body of work that scripted California to the world.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
The exultant right-wing influencers who cheer on MAGA’s sassy clapback anti-diplomacy should remember that insulting another country’s politicians is like insulting someone else’s family.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
Chu deftly times the crescendo to place the exultant Elphaba on a spectacular clifftop, an image that evokes both fairy tales and vintage movie musicals.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Exultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exultant. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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