exult
verb (used without object)
to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant.
have exulted
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present perfectof exult.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Others have exulted that AI will free us from busywork—and perhaps all work entirely.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Bologna should have exulted Dunbar, because the minutes dawdled and the hours dragged like centuries.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
The populace deluded itself with the fancy, Ralegh's Demeanour towards Essex. absolutely groundless, that Essex's ruin was due to Ralegh, and that Ralegh must have exulted at it.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
Yet they have exulted in their youth, and have laughed in the sun with some lass or another lass.
From The Line of Love Dizain des Mariages by James Branch Cabell
He might have exulted inwardly, but he would have shown no outer graciousness if a committee of citizens had handed him a reward of a million dollars and an engrossed testimonial to his unprecedented services.
From Children of the Whirlwind by Leroy Scott
