1
: exultant high-spirited joy : merriment
dancing with glee
2
: a part-song for usually male voices
Examples of glee in a Sentence
They were dancing with glee.
He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.
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Among the many items covering the table were a seasonal vegetable salad, a Margherita pizza the kids shared and an order of Strozzapretti for me, all of which were eaten with glee.
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Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
When the fort commander surrendered his sword, shrieks of glee ripped from the throats of the Green Mountain Boys.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Even on tour, fans go expecting dramatic catharsis to be undergirding all that glee.
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Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025
When the fort commander surrendered his sword, shrieks of glee ripped from the throats of the Green Mountain Boys.
—Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
Even on tour, fans go expecting dramatic catharsis to be undergirding all that glee.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
Confetti canons shot out glittering rainbows, and Derevjanik began to dance around, shouting in glee.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for glee
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glee. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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glee
noun1
: high-spirited joy
2
: an unaccompanied song for three or more voices
gleeful
adjective
-fəl
gleefully
adverb
-fə-lē
gleefulness
noun
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