exult
verb (used without object)
to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant.
are exulting
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present progressiveof exult.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But today its producers, almost alone among metal manufacturers, are exulting over prosperous stability.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though this provision would apply to all companies, it would especially benefit young high-tech firms, whose executives also are exulting about the prospective cuts in tax rates on profits and capital gains.
From Time Magazine Archive
As it is, while others are exulting in the conviction that Rosecrans will be speedily destroyed, I am filled with alarm for the fate of Bragg’s army, and for the cause!
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
"He, Tom and Jack, precious scamps all of them, are exulting over the sorrow they have caused, but they shall pay for it."
From The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring by Edward Sylvester Ellis
"I suppose you are exulting over your victory?"
From Helping Himself by Horatio Alger
