Examples of gleeful in a Sentence
the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl
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Balancing their orchestrated plans with the spontaneity of a real participant is what gave the series its gleeful tension.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026
Tenacious defense and timely free-throw shooting from David and junior Cooper Ellwood sealed the title for Rock Canyon, as star big Kai Valentine tackled junior Jonah Medina after the buzzer and threw a few gleeful fake punches at his chest.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
For Armando’s fellow fugitives, who imagine the grisly scene by reading the paper, the story is a gleeful distraction from paranoia and pain.
—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
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026
Tenacious defense and timely free-throw shooting from David and junior Cooper Ellwood sealed the title for Rock Canyon, as star big Kai Valentine tackled junior Jonah Medina after the buzzer and threw a few gleeful fake punches at his chest.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
For Armando’s fellow fugitives, who imagine the grisly scene by reading the paper, the story is a gleeful distraction from paranoia and pain.
—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
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“Gleeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gleeful. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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