We all rejoiced over our friend's good luck. rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field
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While many music fans rejoiced over Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter album winning Album of the Year at the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on Sunday night (Feb. 2), Toni apparently wasn’t in that camp.—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Feb. 2025 We may be baffled by a public that rejoiced in the baiting of bears.—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025 Commanders fans everywhere must be rejoicing in the absence of Dan Snyder after Washington handled the Detroit Lions 45-31 in the NFC divisional round.—Jess Bryant, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025 Creators whose incomes were threatened by the ban have been rejoicing while several political commentators on TikTok are using it to express concerns about Trump’s pivot.—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 19 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for rejoice
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Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French rejois-, stem of rejoier, rejoir, from re- + joir to welcome, enjoy, from Latin gaudēre to be glad — more at joy
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