How to Use elate in a Sentence

elate

verb

• Small wonder the idea of weekly or more visits to the Y does not elate him.
  — Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 1 Dec. 2022
• Many investors would be elated with a 41% pop and sell out.
  — Nate Wallingsford, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2018
• First-year Dash coach Vera Pauw was elated in the hours following the trade.
  — Corey Roepken, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
• Like the oceanographers, Althaus was at first elated by the find.
  — Tom Avril, Philly.com, 25 May 2018
• Ranz, who was once elated by the case’s prospects, now seemed dejected.
  — Matías Costa, Smithsonian, 28 June 2018
• Spanish River coach Doug Horn was elated with the school’s first sweep in his four years with the program.
  — Gary Curreri, Sun-Sentinel.com, 19 Oct. 2017
• The groom, his little brother Aaron, was elated by the 1994 reunion.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2019
• Chiu said he was elated that a rent cap would be debated in the state Senate.
  — Liam Dillon, latimes.com, 4 June 2019
• Vescovo was elated when the lander reached the surface.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 10 May 2020
• Here are eight picks that should leave diners sated and elated.
  — Michael Mayo, sun-sentinel.com, 31 July 2019
• Bobbie Siegel said she was elated by the response of the audience.
  — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 15 May 2018
• The graffiti artists are elated by the court’s decision in this case.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 15 Feb. 2018
• Industry groups were elated at the prospect of undoing the changes.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 22 June 2018
• Lyke said in her office last month, her tone at once elated and a little longing.
  — Alan Blinder, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2019
• Williams was elated that the duchess wore one of her pieces and celebrated the look on Instagram last fall.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Feb. 2019
• Fans are generally elated with what the Reds have done.
  — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 1 Feb. 2020
• Being able to see songs and albums come to life via the behind the scenes work can be just as elating as listening to the end product.
  — Wandera Hussein, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2017
• While seen as extremely unlikely, passage in the first half of the year would elate investors.
  — Washington Post, 2 May 2019
• After working so hard to shed my own skin from top to bottom, I was elated to look like myself.
  — Amber Rambharose, Glamour, 12 July 2017
• I was elated that evening, flitting around the room talking to people, laughing.
  — Jill Gleeson, Woman's Day, 23 June 2017
• Since that first impression, Brown has elated his team and coaches alike.
  — AL.com, 3 Nov. 2017
• But Joshua ran around, elated, hanging on branches, putting the basket over his head like a hat, eating all the apples.
  — Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2019
• However, in pure football terms, Ohio State must be elated with the outcome.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2019
• While Tesla fans have been elated with the stock gains, the advance has inflicted pain on investors who wagered that the shares would fall.
  — Julia-Ambra Verlaine, WSJ, 20 Jan. 2020
• While the wind presented a challenge, Widmier was elated that the event was able to proceed and that a respectable fleet had turned out.
  — al, 20 May 2020
• For three days, Afghans were united and elated by the possibility of peace.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 27 June 2018
• From the first day of shooting onward, Mr. Fitzmaurice was elated.
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2017
• Fans are elated in a way that's eluded them for nearly a generation.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 16 Mar. 2018
• Meanwhile, his family is elated to have him home for Christmas.
  — Anne Branigin, The Root, 21 Dec. 2017
• Back in 2011, they were elated just to sign a restricted free agent like DeAndre Jordan to an offer sheet.
  — Longreads, 7 Oct. 2017

Last Updated: 17 Jul 2024