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
I knew the wretch was exulting in the fresh anguish he had just inflicted.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 4 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Melitta had come up close to Oswald, whose heart was exulting in the storm.
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen
Le Vasseur, still waiving all openings for formal complaint, was exulting in all the glory of a small satrapy, when two nephews conspired against his life.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Walter Thornbury
Nut Kut, who had already made his reputation as the most deadly fighter known to the mahouts, was exulting in strength.
From Son of Power by Will Levington Comfort
