as in triumphant
having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph
the exultant winner of the award for best country artist of the year
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Recent Examples of exultant
Paltrow, in her first major non-Marvel role in a decade, plays a former star coming out of early retirement with exultant grandeur and aching vulnerability.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The Georgia coaches were exultant.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Chu deftly times the crescendo to place the exultant Elphaba on a spectacular clifftop, an image that evokes both fairy tales and vintage movie musicals.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
Always a consummate professional, however, our ballad queen powered through the final note to a brave and exultant end that can still give chills.
—Nathan Smith, Vulture, 26 June 2024
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Jan. 2026
The Georgia coaches were exultant.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
Chu deftly times the crescendo to place the exultant Elphaba on a spectacular clifftop, an image that evokes both fairy tales and vintage movie musicals.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
Always a consummate professional, however, our ballad queen powered through the final note to a brave and exultant end that can still give chills.
—Nathan Smith, Vulture, 26 June 2024
See All Example Sentences for exultant
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exultant
Adjective
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DeVaux, 44, was photographed trackside in her bright red blazer at Churchill Downs in Louisville on Saturday, May 2, after Golden Tempo's triumphant win at odds of 23-1.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
3 May 2026
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Indeed, Regas is making a triumphant return this spring.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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Douglas, for one, was ecstatic about the opportunity to reunite with his former teammate.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2026
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Practitioners can find more than 180 classes per week at The Yoga Barn, an epicenter of yin, vinyasa, Hatha, and kundalini, plus meditation, sound healing, and ecstatic dance.—
Kathryn Romeyn,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Warnings, laments, and odes to renewal were expressed pictorially as dying days under bleeding heavens, belching volcanoes, proud icebergs, lavish rainbows amid spangling, mist-suffusing sunlight and dawns of peace and hope.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Simulation Academy at Yale is proud to announce the Graduation of approximately 75 students on Saturday, May 2.—
Simulation Academy at Yale,
Hartford Courant,
4 May 2026
Adjective
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Cleanup-hitting Ryan Vilade went down on a knee to push a bunt toward first, scoring a sliding and jubilant Camineo ahead of the throw.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2026
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The fair’s jubilant pace shifted completely inside House of Silence, a tent-like structure by the Turkish artist Vuslat and architect Sana Frini.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
1 May 2026
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“Exultant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exultant. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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