overjoy

Example Sentences

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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

Adam cried, 'The Lily;' but the sweet voice at his side, Grown tremulous and faint with overjoy, Could only whisper, 'Purity.'

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Then I told him of my adventures, which did not seem altogether to overjoy him.

From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines

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

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