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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"But we were here in weeping," said they, "we were in pain, we lived in torment so long, when we should have been rejoicing."
From The Deluge, Vol. II. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Henryk Sienkiewicz
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 Henry James
And so I made up my mind to write to you, so that you might know how we have been rejoicing and exulting in the remote Siberian wilds, so that you might rejoice with us….'
From A Desperate Character and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
Unexpectedly," he said, "while we have been rejoicing over our victory, death has taken toll from among us; one of our number has passed suddenly from this world into the world beyond.
From The Mark of the Knife by Clayton H. Ernst
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 Aldous Huxley
