All 3 Uses of
exult
in
Northanger Abbey
- And this address seemed to satisfy all the fondest wishes of the mother's heart, for she received him with the most delighted and exulting affection.†
Chpt 7 *
- She had then been exulting in her engagement to Thorpe, and was now chiefly anxious to avoid his sight, lest he should engage her again; for though she could not, dared not expect that Mr. Tilney should ask her a third time to dance, her wishes, hopes, and plans all centred in nothing less.†
Chpt 10
- Again, therefore, she applied herself to the key, and after moving it in every possible way for some instants with the determined celerity of hope's last effort, the door suddenly yielded to her hand: her heart leaped with exultation at such a victory, and having thrown open each folding door, the second being secured only by bolts of less wonderful construction than the lock, though in that her eye could not discern anything unusual, a double range of small drawers appeared in view,…†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(exult) feel or express extreme happiness or elation