Definition of EXULTANT

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

An exultant Chris Christie, cruising to re-election as governor of New Jersey in 2013, told me in an interview what writers don’t understand about modern politics. — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, "A Magic Pony Is the Wrong Horse to Back," 13 Dec. 2018 A few feet away, her husband seemed exultant, chatting up a peer from Brigham Young University’s Class of 1971, suggesting best practices for medal distribution to volunteers, spotting a gentleman in a hoodie from his former city. — Matt Flegenheimer, New York Times, "Mitt Romney Wants In Again. There Is One Catch.," 10 June 2018 Their own path was charted years ago by clotheshorses and exultant dressers André 3000 and Diddy. — Samuel Hine, GQ, "The Elusive Lil Uzi Vert Talks Jeff Koons and How He Found His Voice in Fashion," 14 May 2018 The artwork, which is exultant and has been likened to classic Greek sculpture, is one of 21 artworks that are part of this year's installation of Sculpture Milwaukee along Wisconsin Ave. — Mary Louise Schumacher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Friday's the unveiling for Sculpture Milwaukee on Wisconsin Ave.; here's a first look," 1 June 2018 The central government is exultant, since the project which irrigates Beijing was built at vast cost and against some opposition. — The Economist, "China has built the world’s largest water-diversion project," 5 Apr. 2018 There’s chatter — frenzied and buoyant, discouraged and exultant — in these changes, which suggest endless exchanges among a writer and early readers. — Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Tennessee Williams, Restless and Revising," 12 Feb. 2018 But the breakthrough, however fleeting, is exultant. — Nathaniel Friedman, Billboard, "I've Never Felt Better In My Life: The Fall's 'The Classical' and Mark E. Smith's Terrible, Glorious Freedom," 26 Jan. 2018 But all are written in Chinese, so virtually nobody from Kazakhstan has a clue to the exultant message. — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, "A Visa-Free Zone Welcomes Your Wallet. But Maybe Not Your Beard.," 8 Jan. 2018

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