gleeful

Example Sentences

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Her gleeful cruelty was matched only by the audacity of her incompetence.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2026

Demonstrators held gleeful goodbye signs like “Bovino Ciao.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

When it comes to the people who are actually running the prisons, how would you describe the process in which they became either completely okay or even gleeful about their role in mass incarceration.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2026

“This is a ball team,” said Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh, gleeful after his team won for the sixth time in seven games.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2025

He seemed almost gleeful, as Taran untethered Melynlas and led the horse from behind the screen of brambles.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander