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

He soared exultingly up and up, paying no heed to his father’s anguished commands.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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