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How to use rejoice in a sentence

18 example sentences · verb

Rejoice means to be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy. Example: “Leicester closed out the win to spark emotional scenes as those inside Wembley rejoiced in a landmark victory.”

Examples of rejoice by meaning

verbTo be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.

  • Leicester closed out the win to spark emotional scenes as those inside Wembley rejoiced in a landmark victory.2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, in BBC Sport

verbTo make happy, exhilarate.

  • But good news awaited them in the form of permission to travel about the area replenishing medical stocks in hospitals and clinics, and this task was delegated to Constance, as the newcomer, a fact which rejoiced her.1982, Lawrence Durrell, “Constance”, in Avignon Quintet, Faber & Faber, published 2004, pages 790–1

More sentences with rejoice

  • Tau Day is a time to celebrate and rejoice in all things mathematical.2010 June 28, Michael Harti, The Tau Manifesto. From the entry Tau Day
  • Fans of ionic air cleaners and fogless shaving mirrors rejoice: The Sharper Image is back.2009 January 19, Eric Taub, “Sharper Image Stores Are Dead, but the Brand Goes On”, in New York Times. From the entry fogless
  • Clubgoers and jet-laggers, rejoice: you don't have to subsist on stale bar peanuts in Italy.2008 February, Italy, 8th edition, Footscray, Victoria: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 74. From the entry jet-lagger
  • I praise Dawkins' clarity, I rejoice in Dennett's call to study religion scientifically as a natural phenomena, and I admire S.2012, Charles Crawford, Dennis Krebs, Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology, →ISBN. From the entry neoatheist
  • You which rejoice in a thing of nothing, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?1999, Michael Peter Engelbrite, American King James Version, Amos 6, section 31. From the entry thing of nothing
  • It is almost impossible for anyone who loves boats not to rejoice at the sight of a St.1978 March, Steven H. Rubin, “The St. Pierre Dory: An Endangered Species”, in Boating, volume 43, number 3, →ISSN, page 72. From the entry dory
  • Then, all of Panem probably rejoices.2015 December 21, Bill Bradley, “Elizabeth Banks Drops A 'Hunger Games' Bombshell About Effie And Haymitch”, in HuffPost. From the entry Hayffie
  • She rejoiced in my "humble-hood" and "bohemia," attempting to flatter me and convince me that my lifestyle was, in a way, simple and therefore desirable.2012, Jon Davis, Excruciating Bliss. From the entry humblehood
  • I now rejoice to behold it couth, kempt, gainly, hevelled and sightly, though much aggrieved over some spottings which I did not find delible.1943, Autocar, page 765. From the entry hevelled
  • Many a reader whose appetite rejoices in hearty fare tucked in his napkin, smacked his lips and fell to with a will.1934 March 26, “Books: Hurstwurst [review of Anitra's Dance (1934) by Fannie Hurst]”, in Time, New York, N.Y.: Time Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry with a will
  • It rejoices in the name of the “swoose”, a portmanteau word indicating its origin, for its father was a swan and its mother a goose.1920 July 13, Daily Mail. From the entry swoose
  • Instead, more families are opting for sleepunders - a surprisingly controversial phenomenon that has raised the eyebrows of some parenting experts even as sleep specialists rejoice.2013 December 17, Lini S. Kadaba, “Is the sleepunder taking the party out of slumber party?”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia…. From the entry sleepunder
  • This all being said, big is beautiful — I recognize that every time I pass a mirror and rejoice at the sight of my own plentiful badunkadunk.2006 April 26, Amelia Robinson, “A plan to make civility worth the weight”, in Dayton Daily News, retrieved 17 Jun 2025, page D7. From the entry badunkadunk
  • Haywood, and George Pettibone will dance on empty air, while the ghouls of capitalism rejoice because they have landed another blow upon the body of resisting labor.1907, Literary Digest, volume 34, page 364. From the entry dance
  • Thus in the early year the blue pearl clusters of the grape hyacinth bloomed, and in autumn the geans rejoiced us with the red Chinese lantern gleam of their fruit.1947 [1939], Ernst Jünger, translated by Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs, New Directions, translation of Auf den Marmorklippen (in…. From the entry gean
  • Thus in the early year the blue pearl clusters of the grape hyacinth bloomed, and in autumn the gean rejoiced us with the red Chinese lantern gleam of their fruit.1947 [1939], Ernst Jünger, translated by Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs, New Directions, translation of Auf den Marmorklippen (in…. From the entry grape hyacinth

Meaning of rejoice

  1. verb To be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.
  2. verb To have (someone) as a lover or spouse; to enjoy sexually.
  3. verb To make happy, exhilarate.

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Questions about rejoice in a sentence

How do you use rejoice in a sentence?
Rejoice is used as a verb. For example: “Leicester closed out the win to spark emotional scenes as those inside Wembley rejoiced in a landmark victory.”
What is a short sentence with rejoice?
“Then, all of Panem probably rejoices.”
What does rejoice mean?
Rejoice means to be very happy, be delighted, exult; to feel joy.

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