Examples of gleeful in a Sentence
the gleeful atmosphere that envelops the host city of the Super Bowl
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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.
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
After a deluge of videos poured out of the fallen city in October, which showed gleeful RSF soldiers murdering POWs and terrified civilians, leadership has cracked down on the sharing of videos.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
The gleeful, unrepentant suspension of civil liberties by the state would soon become the norm in 21st century America.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
Much of the credit for the explosion of interest in the league’s showcase can be chalked up to Madden’s gleeful takeover of the holiday and the Cowboys’ dynastic ’90s run.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Nov. 2025
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Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
After a deluge of videos poured out of the fallen city in October, which showed gleeful RSF soldiers murdering POWs and terrified civilians, leadership has cracked down on the sharing of videos.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2025
The gleeful, unrepentant suspension of civil liberties by the state would soon become the norm in 21st century America.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 5 Dec. 2025
Much of the credit for the explosion of interest in the league’s showcase can be chalked up to Madden’s gleeful takeover of the holiday and the Cowboys’ dynastic ’90s run.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Nov. 2025
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“Gleeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gleeful. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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