exult
verb (used without object)
to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant.
were 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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Perhaps not, but Saigon's newly ferocious forces were exulting in their unaccustomed role of conquering heroes.
From Time Magazine Archive
All over the countryside in Shropshire and Staffordshire, in London, as well as in Geneva, where Aunt Jessie lived, family and friends were exulting in the news.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
It happened a few days after that some fishermen drew their nets under the window, and the weight being greater than usual, they were exulting in their success, when out came the pantofles.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
They had stopped the white advance, and they were exulting.
From The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
Nine hours later we were exulting with a rapturous joy.
From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by G. W. (George William) Foote
