extraordinary jubilee

[ ik-strawr-dn-er-ee joo-buh-lee, joo-buh-lee, ek-struh-awr-dn-er-ee ]

/ ɪkˈstrɔr dnˌɛr i ˌdʒu bəˈli, ˈdʒu bəˌli, ˌɛk strəˈɔr dnˌɛr i /

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

This breach is an extraordinary emotional drag on the exhausted population.
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And yet our country has redefined citizenship in some extraordinary ways since its inception.
The Progressive Case Against Birthright Citizenship|Keli Goff|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This is an extraordinary recording that deserves to be much better known.
The Best Albums of 2014|Ted Gioia|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“It is extraordinary that in one week of contemporary art auctions almost $2 billion worth of art was sold,” he says.
William, Kate, and Jay Z’s Favorite Art Star: Alexander Gilkes' World of Rock Stars and Royalty|Tim Teeman|December 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The history of horrors in the North Caucasus is so extraordinary and so long as to seem almost otherworldly.
Where Chechens Go to Escape Their Surreal Past—and Risky Present|Anna Nemtsova|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At this moment an extraordinary commotion began among the watches.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
The fingers of all the clocks in the house were revolving with the most extraordinary rapidity--she was helpless.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
An extraordinary eruption of mount Vesuvius commenced, which in ten days had advanced ten miles from its original source.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Why expect that extraordinary virtues should be in one person united, when one virtue makes a man extraordinary?
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou
The only thing that at all tended to shake this conviction, was the extraordinary poltroonery of our new captive.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various