exultation
noun
the act of exulting; lively or triumphant joy, as over success or victory.
exultancy
-
a variation of
exultation.
Example Sentences
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"There is no place like it, no place with an atom of its glory, pride and exultancy," novelist Thomas Wolfe rhapsodized in 1935.
From Time Magazine Archive
For the first time, the word brought exultancy to him, a lifting of the spirit.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
"She smiled!" he said, and caught his breath, with a kind of astonished exultancy.
From My Friend Prospero by Henry Harland
This event he anticipated with a thrill, with the exultancy over change which is common of all life.
From A Daughter of the Snows by Jack London
In grave exultancy Flora moved up and down the drawing-room enjoying her tread on its rich carpet.
From Kincaid's Battery by Alonzo Kimball
