1
: exultant high-spirited joy : merriment
dancing with glee
2
: a part-song for usually male voices
Examples of glee in a Sentence
They were dancing with glee.
He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.
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In fact, some of the more effective films centered around the holiday are in the horror genre, playing in contrast with a wicked sense of glee.
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Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
The elders, many of them in winter pajamas, shout out with glee.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
During the film’s long shot, Bi put Huang on a motorcycle driven by his twelve-year-old half brother, Luo Feiyang, after a crew member briefly showed Luo how to drive it; the apprehension on Huang’s face is real, while the glee on Luo’s is, too.
—Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Drake raps about guns with the glee of getting away with gunplay while his rhyme partner veers on a dime from trauma to gallows humor.
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Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Dec. 2025
The elders, many of them in winter pajamas, shout out with glee.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
During the film’s long shot, Bi put Huang on a motorcycle driven by his twelve-year-old half brother, Luo Feiyang, after a crew member briefly showed Luo how to drive it; the apprehension on Huang’s face is real, while the glee on Luo’s is, too.
—Dennis Zhou, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
Drake raps about guns with the glee of getting away with gunplay while his rhyme partner veers on a dime from trauma to gallows humor.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for glee
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glee. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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glee
noun1
: high-spirited joy
2
: an unaccompanied song for three or more voices
gleeful
adjective
-fəl
gleefully
adverb
-fə-lē
gleefulness
noun
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