How to Use jubilant in a Sentence
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In the meantime, the North was jubilant at the news of the arrests of the diplomats.
—Zaakir Tameez june 11, Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
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But despite all that, the mood in the room was jubilant.
—Emily Burack, Town & Country, 25 May 2022
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Wentzel agreed, and the mood on the terrace turned jubilant.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
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The own goal sparked jubilant scenes on the pitch and among the Iranian fans in the stands.
—Matias Grez, CNN, 15 June 2018
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The mood was jubilant, except for a moment when yelling was heard in the back of the gym.
—Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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Some jubilant Ethiopians compared it to the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
—Washington Post, 13 July 2018
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But the beat was contagious and the crowd was jubilant.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022
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Those jubilant scenes at the end were in part born out of relief.
—Patrick Boyland, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025
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Groom was jubilant, looking for the bride, nowhere to be found.
—Megan Friedman, Marie Claire, 14 May 2018
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Bellinger pointed into the jubilant Dodgers dugout all the way to first base.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
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People that came, and that was their choice, of course, were so jubilant to be there.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 8 May 2020
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The Stylers took to Twitter en masse to share their love for the jubilant song with the uber-personal lyrics.
—Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 31 Mar. 2022
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On the House floor one year ago, Democrats were jubilant in defeat.
—Alex Daugherty and David Smiley, miamiherald, 4 May 2018
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Right away, the concert is jubilant, the singers bursting with smiles and dancing along with the tunes.
—Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 2 June 2025
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When the moon finally flitted across the face of the sun, jubilant cheers rang out.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Apr. 2024
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The night 35 years ago, amid that jubilant crowd, remains one of the most memorable of my life.
—Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
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The huge smile on his face showed how much the goal meant to him as he was engulfed by his jubilant teammates.
—Miami Herald, 6 July 2025
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Workers pulled a man in his 30s out of the ruins as a jubilant crowd burst into cheers and tears.
—Phaedra Singelis, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2023
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As time expired, the jubilant Lancers rushed the field, mobbing Franks.
—Alec White, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2021
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Some of the moments in between have been far less jubilant.
—Aj Willingham, CNN, 25 Feb. 2021
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After jumping around on the court and hugging, the jubilant Seminoles ran over to their fans in the stands and slapped high-fives.
—Teresa M. Walker, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2018
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Families, jubilant and tearful, comb the dungeons of the old regime in search of loved ones, or traces of them.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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Norrköping found the back of the net with their only two shots to spark jubilant scenes among the Hammarby and Malmö fans.
—SI.com, 3 Nov. 2019
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Their happy chants and jubilant faces are a reminder of why the World Cup is such a special event.
—Michelle Kaufman, miamiherald, 25 June 2018
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On the floor of the meeting after the vote on Wednesday morning, the mood was equally jubilant.
—Ruth Graham, New York Times, 1 May 2024
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The atmosphere on the picket line was jubilant.
—Grant Stringer, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
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Storrie tells the jubilant patrons.
—Kase Wickman, Vanity Fair, 23 Jan. 2026
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Some others face their last two days of work with the jubilant indifference of a senior on the last day of school before summer break.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Jan. 2026
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Johnson roared into a jubilant Bears locker room.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
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The night was a mix of jubilant reunions and raw emotion.
—Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2026
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