Examples of gleeful in a Sentence
the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl
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Her gleeful cruelty was matched only by the audacity of her incompetence.
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Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
But there’s more to it than gleeful perversions of genre.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 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
Artists who speak out against this use also typically wind up spawning a gleeful response from the admin, usually filled with lots of half-baked wordplay.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
But there’s more to it than gleeful perversions of genre.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 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
Artists who speak out against this use also typically wind up spawning a gleeful response from the admin, usually filled with lots of half-baked wordplay.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Gleeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gleeful. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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