rejoice
verb (used without object)
to be glad; take delight (often followed byin ).
have been rejoicing
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present perfect progressiveof rejoice.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Florence too has its "season," not less than Rome, and I have been rejoicing for the past six weeks in the fact that this comparatively crowded parenthesis hasn't yet been opened.
From Italian Hours by James, Henry
On this, his third birthday, a day when we should have been rejoicing at the health, the strength, and beauty of our child, we wept together over the ruin of our happiness.
From Crome Yellow by Huxley, Aldous
He was appointed to his important post at a time when Christians all over the world must have been rejoicing.
From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.
But the whole business had never seemed so difficult as that afternoon when by all calculations I should have been rejoicing in assured success.
From The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan, John
He should have been rejoicing, yet he was like a man burdened with a great remorse.
From Banked Fires by Savi, E. W. (Ethel Winifred)
