revel
verb (used without object)
to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed byin ).
were 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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On Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood this week, people were reveling in Pride month, with all its rainbow flags and ribald humor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
Brown and Tatum — Boston teammates — were reveling in a back-and-forth duel during a stretch of the second half.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 19, 2023
Executives who just a year ago were reveling amid crypto’s seemingly unstoppable growth are now scrambling to prove that they can learn from the mistakes and recapture the industry’s early ideals.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
The sensations of wind and sun were heightened in the absence of phones and computers; we’d left them in Lefkada and were reveling in a more basic form of connectivity.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019
By Christmas all was ready, and when the Christian world was rejoicing and feasting, and the British officers in New York and in the New Jersey towns were reveling and laughing, Washington prepared to strike.
From George Washington, Volume I by Lodge, Henry Cabot
