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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Needless to say, fans have been waiting for the Limitless One to make his triumphant return.
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Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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—Michele Amabile Angermiller, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
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Fast forward a mere 29 years or so, and Heaven Hill has at last made its triumphant return to Bardstown with its new, enormous, state-of-the-art Heaven Hill Springs Distillery.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
The day and night also marked a triumphant return for Sublime, the legendary Long Beach band that last played Asbury Park during the Warped Tour in the ’90s with original frontman Bradley Nowell.
—Michele Amabile Angermiller, HollywoodReporter, 15 Sep. 2025
This is Lovato’s triumphant homecoming to her pop roots; her last two albums, Revamped and Holy Fvck, were rock-heavy, with the former even reimagining her pop hits as rock ballads.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Fast forward a mere 29 years or so, and Heaven Hill has at last made its triumphant return to Bardstown with its new, enormous, state-of-the-art Heaven Hill Springs Distillery.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for triumphant
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“Triumphant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triumphant. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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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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