rejoice
verb (used without object)
to be glad; take delight (often followed byin ).
were rejoicing
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past progressiveof rejoice.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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It was only a couple of years ago that Americans were rejoicing over her historic rise to the vice presidency, as the first woman of Black and South Asian descent to do so.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2022
After two years of dry weather, potato farmers on Prince Edward Island were rejoicing.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 5, 2022
Unemployment was 12 percent, the state had a yawning budget gap and foreclosures were bad enough that skateboarders were rejoicing at the surplus of empty swimming pools.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2019
They were rejoicing about being young and Mexican, living out their dreams in New York City.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2019
He picked up the holly and phoenix wand and felt a sudden warmth in his fingers, as though wand and hand were rejoicing at their reunion.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
