All 6 Uses of
exult
in
Jane Eyre
- Ere I had finished this reply, my soul began to expand, to exult, with the strangest sense of freedom, of triumph, I ever felt.†
p. 44.8
- "The Miss Reeds could not play as well!" said she exultingly.†
p. 109.2
- "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."
p. 114.7 *exult = feel extreme happiness
- And if I had loved him less I should have thought his accent and look of exultation savage; but, sitting by him, roused from the nightmare of parting — called to the paradise of union — I thought only of the bliss given me to drink in so abundant a flow.†
p. 295.5exultation = extreme happiness or elation
- He checked himself in his exultation to demand, "But is there anything the matter, Janet, that you come to meet me at such an hour?†
p. 320.8
- The wondrous shock of feeling had come like the earthquake which shook the foundations of Paul and Silas's prison; it had opened the doors of the soul's cell and loosed its bands — it had wakened it out of its sleep, whence it sprang trembling, listening, aghast; then vibrated thrice a cry on my startled ear, and in my quaking heart and through my spirit, which neither feared nor shook, but exulted as if in joy over the success of one effort it had been privileged to make, independent of the cumbrous body.†
p. 486.5exulted = felt or expressed extreme happiness or elation
Definition:
feel or express extreme happiness or elation