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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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
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 E. Rameur
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
He should have been rejoicing, yet he was like a man burdened with a great remorse.
From Banked Fires by E. W. (Ethel Winifred) Savi
The town was dull and methodical enough, but would have been rejoicing, if it had not been respectfully mournful.
From A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France by William Duthie
