Example Sentences

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“Why,” said they, exultingly, “it is vacation, and we don’t have to go to school.”

From Slate • Jun. 15, 2018

They talked exultingly of Suda Bay as "an eastern Gibraltar."

From Time Magazine Archive

The word was blunder; and as Harriet exultingly proclaimed it, there was a blush on Jane’s cheek which gave it a meaning not otherwise ostensible.

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

They would then sing most exultingly the following words:—

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass

“The Miss Reeds could not play as well!” said she exultingly.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë