be overjoyed

Example Sentences

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Liverpool's supporters will be overjoyed at agreement being reached, having made their feelings clear when Salah used rare public utterances to bring an impasse over his contract into the public domain.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

Stafford is no doubt all for an escalating quarterback market but can’t be overjoyed when comparing his contract to Detroit’s Jared Goff and Jacksonville’s Trevor Lawrence, the latest to break the bank.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2024

“I would be overjoyed to bring that championship back home,” said Sullivan, a graduate of South County High School and Stanford University.

From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2021

“I’ll be overjoyed if customers say our ducks still taste like my mother’s,” said Sarisa.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2021

“It’s not the mechanics of your letter delivery that I don’t understand, Theo. It’s—any of it. You don’t think your parents would be overjoyed that you’re home?”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse