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

But this was a slight vexation in the exultance of her mood.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry

Or the joy of death that gladdens In exultance of decay?

From One Day & Another A Lyrical Eclogue by Cawein, Julius Madison

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