exult
verb (used without object)
to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant.
was exulting
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past progressiveof exult.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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All Thebes was exulting that the man who had brought war upon them should be thus terribly punished.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
He was exulting over having aroused another bourgeois from the sleep of greasy complacency.
From Hillsboro People by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The remark was innocent in intention, but to Westby it seemed edged with malice—as if the master was exulting over his defeat.
From The Jester of St. Timothy's by Arthur Stanwood Pier
You've got them licked," Harkness was exulting: "and we've cleaned them up on our side.
From Brood of the Dark Moon by Charles Willard Diffin
"There's no question about the results," Harnosh was exulting.
From Last Enemy by H. Beam Piper
