as in triumphant
having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph
the exultant winner of the award for best country artist of the year
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Recent Examples of exultant
The Georgia coaches were exultant.
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Seth Emerson, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
June 11, 2025 Music 13 of the late Brian Wilson’s finest songs to revisit
Wilson leaves a singularly inventive, exultant body of work that scripted California to the world.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Chu deftly times the crescendo to place the exultant Elphaba on a spectacular clifftop, an image that evokes both fairy tales and vintage movie musicals.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
Always a consummate professional, however, our ballad queen powered through the final note to a brave and exultant end that can still give chills.
—Nathan Smith, Vulture, 26 June 2024
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Seth Emerson, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
June 11, 2025 Music 13 of the late Brian Wilson’s finest songs to revisit
Wilson leaves a singularly inventive, exultant body of work that scripted California to the world.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2025
Chu deftly times the crescendo to place the exultant Elphaba on a spectacular clifftop, an image that evokes both fairy tales and vintage movie musicals.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
Always a consummate professional, however, our ballad queen powered through the final note to a brave and exultant end that can still give chills.
—Nathan Smith, Vulture, 26 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for exultant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exultant
Adjective
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With cowbells ringing in the stands, Bryan Baker was fired up after striking out Pete Crow-Armstrong to give the Tampa Bay Rays a triumphant return to Tropicana Field.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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West is full of stories about the musical’s triumphant 1994 premiere.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Many of the stories in the book are tragic Icarus narratives, featuring acts of rebellion that succeed in one brief ecstatic burst, and then resoundingly fail.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2026
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Jennifer Hellmann, an Artemis 2 science team lead from NASA Ames Research Center, said the mood was ecstatic.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, a proud UCLA alum, recorded a video congratulating the team on its title win from one champion to another.—
Marisa Ingemi,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Sister Linda DeCero, a proud South Philadelphia native, is full of energy and Philly sports pride.—
Wakisha Bailey,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Then, the jubilant husband and wife made their way down the aisle, surrounded by a mountain of white florals.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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Oil traders weren’t so jubilant.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Exultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exultant. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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