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overjoy

[oh-ver-joi] / ˌoʊ vərˈdʒɔɪ /


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There’s a mix-and-match feel to Battlefront II’s multiplayer that I think is going to overjoy some fans, and infuriate others.

From The Verge Jun. 11, 2017

Are we not overjoy, dearest, and cannot speak?

From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

Then Alaeddin passed through it and was met by his wife, when they embraced and exchanged kisses with all delight until they wept for overjoy.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

History of the World," he is describing Roman energy in the founding of colonies: "Such an offer, were it made in England, concerning either Virginia or Guiana, it selfe would not overjoy the multitude.

From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de

Bill had to work off his overjoy at this by an exuberant flourish.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 by Various




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