Examples of gleeful in a Sentence
the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl
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For Armando’s fellow fugitives, who imagine the grisly scene by reading the paper, the story is a gleeful distraction from paranoia and pain.
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Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
The Masked Singer is a gleeful, genuinely unexpected addition to the reality singing genre, and its popularity with fans is intense.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
Her gleeful cruelty was matched only by the audacity of her incompetence.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Their wonky New Orleans bounce ideas, their mellow Jersey club hits, hell, even the gleeful beatjacking across their mixtapes, are all so thrilling and open to possibility compared to the practically conservative rage rap on wonderful.
—Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026
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Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
The Masked Singer is a gleeful, genuinely unexpected addition to the reality singing genre, and its popularity with fans is intense.
—Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Mar. 2026
Her gleeful cruelty was matched only by the audacity of her incompetence.
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Their wonky New Orleans bounce ideas, their mellow Jersey club hits, hell, even the gleeful beatjacking across their mixtapes, are all so thrilling and open to possibility compared to the practically conservative rage rap on wonderful.
—Mano Sundaresan, Pitchfork, 3 Mar. 2026
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“Gleeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gleeful. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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