exult

The former Radio Disney teen heartthrob, raised Mormon and now openly gay, trades the bruised introspection of 2023’s “Calico” for songs that exult in desire on his new album, “Sweet Fortune.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

In his 1908 book, “Orthodoxy,” Chesterton wrote: “Grown-up people aren’t strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025

They would exult in the stark beauty of the landscape, spend oodles of money in local restaurants, bars and hotels, and then go home again — hopefully without driving up housing prices too much.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2022

Weinreich did not plan to stay awake until dawn to exult in that achievement, to revel in the perpetuation of the sort of uncontested primacy that most fans, in theory, crave.

From New York Times ● Apr. 22, 2022

Most of the time, though, I exult, and think I have had a narrow escape.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Unlike Hoover Dam, which exults in exertion, the Gateway Arch seems effortless.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026

“Adventure, risk, transformation,” she exults, forever on the lookout for her next metamorphosis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

Yet “Joy’All” exults in having survived hardship to inherit the wisdom of middle age.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

Throughout the album, Algiers lashes out at injustice, exults in its sonic mastery and insists on the life forces of solidarity and physical impact.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2023

"What did I say?" exults Hugo, clapping his hands.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Others have exulted that AI will free us from busywork—and perhaps all work entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026

“We did it!” a family member exulted to lead defense attorney Johnnie Cochran Jr.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 11, 2024

Karol G became the first woman to win a Latin Grammy for música urbana album; “How cool is it for a woman to win this?” she exulted.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2023

When his team succeeded, when the Trinity gadget exploded, Oppenheimer both exulted and mourned.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2023

Most of all, she marveled at and exulted in the simple and undeniable fact that he seemed to care for her just as she was, good or bad.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Mr. Herzog is interested in everything, and makes everything interesting, exulting in all of the world’s settings, the stranger the better.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026

We need to take the next step, which is to say that they are breaking systems and exulting in it.

From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2026

As the players raced to one another, exulting in yet another heart-stopping, nerve-shredding win, staff members sprinted onto the field after them, ensuring each star was correctly attired.

From New York Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

Nobody in the crowd was weeping, openly exulting or rioting — although police helicopters, seemingly alert to the possibility of protest in the city — buzzed overhead throughout the performance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2022

It was wild and exulting, like a hawk’s shrill cry.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss