triumphant
adjective
tri·um·phant
trī-ˈəm(p)-fənt 
1
: victorious, conquering
triumphant armies
2
: rejoicing for or celebrating victory
a triumphant shout
3
: notably successful
a triumphant performance
4
archaic
: of or relating to a triumph
triumphantly
adverb
Examples of triumphant in a Sentence
the triumphant bidder on the house
he was positively triumphant when the school troublemaker finally got expelled
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As the rest of the team forced the rookie back to the field for a triumphant curtain call, the pitchers waited for Yesavage in the home clubhouse.
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Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
There’s no therapy like clawing back through both your triumphant and dismal decades and reliving them stanza by stanza, line by line, iamb by iamb.
—Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
The story was framed as a triumphant win — proof that artists can wrestle back control from the industry giants.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
The triumphant narrative began to fray when exceedingly harsh lockdown measures could no longer contain the spread of the virus, and the staggering human cost in the name of protecting lives defied all logic.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
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Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
There’s no therapy like clawing back through both your triumphant and dismal decades and reliving them stanza by stanza, line by line, iamb by iamb.
—Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
The story was framed as a triumphant win — proof that artists can wrestle back control from the industry giants.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
The triumphant narrative began to fray when exceedingly harsh lockdown measures could no longer contain the spread of the virus, and the staggering human cost in the name of protecting lives defied all logic.
—Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for triumphant
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triumphant
adjective
tri·um·phant
trī-ˈəm(p)-fənt
1
: victorious, conquering
triumphant armies
2
: rejoicing for or celebrating victory or success
a triumphant shout
triumphantly
adverb
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