exultance
Example Sentences
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Though Degas demonstrates ballet’s beauty here, he traces no exultance in her; and meanwhile, he allows us to feel kinesthetically just how each muscle is operating.
From New York Times • Dec. 25, 2014
And Mr. Howard’s voice rose to match the music’s crests, from a quiet, elfin murmur to a more insistent, rasp-edged tenor — and at times into a pealing falsetto that merged desperation and exultance.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2012
He could hardly exaggerate the peril he had 72 incurred, and the touch of exultance with which he described his defeat of the murderer was quite pardonable in a tenderfoot.
From Out of the Depths A Romance of Reclamation by Brehm, George
He watched her now with a thrill of satisfaction—with that suppressed exultance of a gambler holding a winning card.
From The Lady of Big Shanty by Smith, F. Berkeley (Frank Berkeley)
At once the melancholy in Lad's deep eyes gave place to puppy-like exultance.
From Further Adventures of Lad by Terhune, Albert Payson
