Sample Sentences for
exult
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    "She treats me like a visitor," thought I. "I little expected such a reception; I anticipated only coldness and stiffness: this is not like what I have heard of the treatment of governesses; but I must not exult too soon."  (source)
    exult = feel extreme happiness
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    The solitude and total freedom of the wilderness created a perfect setting for either melancholy or exultation.  (source)
    exultation = extreme happiness or elation
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    He held the fish against the sky ... and felt his throat tighten, swell, and fill with pride at what he had done. He had done food. The bow had given him this way and he exulted in it, in the bow, in the arrow, in the fish, in the hatchet, in the sky.  (source)
    exulted = felt extreme happiness
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    While she enjoyed the endless coverage and exultation of Amy Elliott Dunne.  (source)
    exultation = extreme happiness or elation
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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    Closer to the town hall, under a light, some shadows stood and talked, most likely exulting in the success of the fire.  (source)
    exulting = expressing delight
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    Blessings on it, how the Ghost exulted!†  (source)
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    When Dresden was destroyed later on, incidentally, Lazzaro did not exult.†  (source)
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    "Aye, aye—they were mine—MY irons," cried Ahab, exultingly—"but on!"†  (source)
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    He exults, slapping tree branches with his up-stretched hand as he walks.†  (source)
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    For the first time, the word brought exultancy to him, a lifting of the spirit.  (source)
    exultancy = excited happiness
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    But as I raised and bent that bow and felt the power of it, I felt a surge of exultance—this tool was right for me!†  (source)
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    For the first time in his life he rather longed for death to roll over his generation, obliterating their petty fevers and struggles and exultations.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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    Exultation, fear, confusion and guilt.  (source)
    Exultation = extreme happiness or elation
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