exultancy

Example Sentences

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"There is no place like it, no place with an atom of its glory, pride and exultancy," novelist Thomas Wolfe rhapsodized in 1935.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the first time, the word brought exultancy to him, a lifting of the spirit.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier

"She smiled!" he said, and caught his breath, with a kind of astonished exultancy.

From My Friend Prospero by Harland, Henry

A flash of exultancy leaped into his eyes.

From Wild Wings A Romance of Youth by Piper, Margaret Rebecca

In grave exultancy Flora moved up and down the drawing-room enjoying her tread on its rich carpet.

From Kincaid's Battery by Kimball, Alonzo