Examples of gleeful in a Sentence
the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl
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The past 12 months marked a year of kid stuff for gleeful grown-ups.
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Faran Krentcil, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
As usual, Lang plays the brute’s Heart of Darkness–esque descent into madness with gleeful relish.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
But a gleeful surprise was getting a chance to fangirl Emeril Lagasse, who’s early ‘90s cooking shows solidified my love for cooking.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025
But the teen-soap relationship dynamics among Clover and her friends are secondary to the gleeful creativity with which the movie dispatches them — over and over again.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
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Faran Krentcil, InStyle, 31 Dec. 2025
As usual, Lang plays the brute’s Heart of Darkness–esque descent into madness with gleeful relish.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2025
But a gleeful surprise was getting a chance to fangirl Emeril Lagasse, who’s early ‘90s cooking shows solidified my love for cooking.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 18 Dec. 2025
But the teen-soap relationship dynamics among Clover and her friends are secondary to the gleeful creativity with which the movie dispatches them — over and over again.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gleeful
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“Gleeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gleeful. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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