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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Whichever teams emerge triumphant in those two games will have put away one of the strongest wins on their schedule.
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Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
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Oasis have officially wrapped their 2025 Australian tour, marking a triumphant return down under with over 320,000 fans attending across five stadium shows in Melbourne and Sydney.
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With all this fanfare, never has there been a better time for the two beloved original stars of Wicked, Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, to make triumphant returns to the stage!
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Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
The pair, however, made a triumphant return as all-stars on season 15, rumba-ing their way into fans' hearts.
—Kate Hogan, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
Oasis have officially wrapped their 2025 Australian tour, marking a triumphant return down under with over 320,000 fans attending across five stadium shows in Melbourne and Sydney.
—Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 10 Nov. 2025
With all this fanfare, never has there been a better time for the two beloved original stars of Wicked, Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth, to make triumphant returns to the stage!
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Nov. 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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