Examples of gleeful in a Sentence
the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl
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Meanwhile, the commentariat at large has taken them as license to indulge in unchecked, gleeful misogyny.
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025
Of course, title notwithstanding, this opener is as gleeful as the rest of the record, as Swift sings about being rescued from a descent into Shakespearian madness by her happy-go-lucky baller.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
But whenever Will is peeving about something or getting in the way of the kids' fun, things just seem a little less gleeful.
—Marc Snetiker, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
The roughly five-minute sequence is shot in tight close-up on Day-Lewis, who oscillates between anger, pain and gleeful contempt.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
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Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 9 Oct. 2025
Of course, title notwithstanding, this opener is as gleeful as the rest of the record, as Swift sings about being rescued from a descent into Shakespearian madness by her happy-go-lucky baller.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025
But whenever Will is peeving about something or getting in the way of the kids' fun, things just seem a little less gleeful.
—Marc Snetiker, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
The roughly five-minute sequence is shot in tight close-up on Day-Lewis, who oscillates between anger, pain and gleeful contempt.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
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“Gleeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gleeful. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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