Examples of gleeful in a Sentence
the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl
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Through gleeful anarchy, a variety of filters, and a kinetic score, the two Maries spoil themselves with sweets, outwit suitors, and desecrate the rituals of fine dining in a glorious climax of rebellion.
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Jennifer Noyes, Air Mail, 25 Apr. 2026
This relic of a production, however, doesn’t feel particularly dangerous, shocking or even gleeful.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
Both he and Tolentino frame the at-times-gleeful public reaction to the killing as understandable because the health-care industry is structurally oppressive.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
Biles wrote alongside a gleeful February 2022 pic of the pair.
—Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Noyes, Air Mail, 25 Apr. 2026
This relic of a production, however, doesn’t feel particularly dangerous, shocking or even gleeful.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 24 Apr. 2026
Both he and Tolentino frame the at-times-gleeful public reaction to the killing as understandable because the health-care industry is structurally oppressive.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
Biles wrote alongside a gleeful February 2022 pic of the pair.
—Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Gleeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gleeful. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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