exult
verb (used without object)
to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant.
is exulting
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present progressiveof exult (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Taylor Swift is exulting because Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan finally made it official: Last week, defying early predictions, Swift’s fifth studio album, 1989, sold enough copies in the U.S. to go instantly platinum.
From Slate ● Nov. 6, 2014
She is exulting in her summer's prospect of sea, sky, and freedom, in her usual winning manner.
From The Opened Shutters by Clara Louise Burnham
The cook makes a double entry with bacon and bannock, and there is exulting joy in our soul.
From The New North by Agnes Deans Cameron
When bells are ringing, when crowds are cheering, when America is exulting, when the world is watching—at just that instant the blow must fall.
From Bert Wilson at Panama by J. W. Duffield
But now, just as she is exulting in the prospect of peace and plenty, lo and behold! the miserable young man goes and falls in love with somebody else.
From For the Cause by Stanley J. Weyman
