revel
verb (used without object)
to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed byin ).
was reveling
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past progressiveof revel.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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Perhaps my shoulder muscles were exhausted, but my entire auditory processing system was reveling in the equivalent of a luxurious Sunday morning sleep-in.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2024
Before the war, Pyenska was reveling in her teaching, enjoying a thrilling new stage of life with fewer distractions.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2022
Well before that happened, though, postwar L.A. was reveling in having money to spend, and it wanted to spend it closer to home, in places it could park all of its big new finned-mobiles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
The prize, of course, was reveling in the knowledge that you were on the inside.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2013
She was reveling in the brilliance of this plan when Drew stopped walking.
From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake
