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 stupidest and most innocent of country grandmothers could not have exulted more frankly in her grand-daughter's triumph than did the clever Countess Lenzdorff.
From Countess Erika's Apprenticeship by Ossip Schubin
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
Yet this, we believe, did not prevent her from taking a profound interest in the great war for the Union; though she deplored the means, her soul must have exulted in the result.
