Examples of overjoyed in a Sentence
She was overjoyed to see her sister again.
They weren't overjoyed at the idea of working together.
I'm overjoyed that you can come to my party.
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Oprah Winfrey looks overjoyed to see fans on the streets of New York City on April 7.
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Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
Steph Curry was overjoyed to be back.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Potkin said Mejia was overjoyed to leave jail, but even more so to spend the night with the daughters from whom she was separated in 2005 when she was wrongfully convicted of murder in the scalding death of an infant two years earlier.
—Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
Rausch then gave the bag — a burgundy Hermès Togo Birkin 30 with gold hardware — to an overjoyed Higgins.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
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Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
Steph Curry was overjoyed to be back.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
Potkin said Mejia was overjoyed to leave jail, but even more so to spend the night with the daughters from whom she was separated in 2005 when she was wrongfully convicted of murder in the scalding death of an infant two years earlier.
—Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
Rausch then gave the bag — a burgundy Hermès Togo Birkin 30 with gold hardware — to an overjoyed Higgins.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for overjoyed
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“Overjoyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/overjoyed. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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