elation

Example Sentences

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Its elation masks the song’s bleak narrative: “Three a.m. it’s me again, wouldn’t you know / Things would have to end this way.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

Life waxes and wanes between peace and tumult, elation and despair.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Accepting the possibility of disillusion as part of existence allows Amélie to endure sorrow and bask in moments of elation.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

The words carried both elation and gravity - a promise of responsibility and of a nation finding its voice.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2025

His feeling of elation increasing, Harry strode off through the castle.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling