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How to use triumphantly in a sentence

10 example sentences · adverb

Triumphantly means in a triumphant manner. Example: “"Bowles," he added triumphantly.”

Examples of triumphantly by meaning

adverbIn a triumphant manner.

  • "Bowles," he added triumphantly.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 6

More sentences with triumphantly

  • Brown triumphantly astride her headstanding elephant, arms raised high, her elaborate headdress perfectly in place.2021 July 23, Neil Genzlinger, “Alice Clark Brown, Black Star in a White Circus, Dies at 68”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The…. From the entry headstand
  • They open for the befuddlingly popular, triumphantly average Toad the Wet Sprocket.1994 July 22, Peter Margasak, “Spot Check”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry befuddlingly
  • All his childhood they had stormed through the cinema newsreels, jackbooting triumphantly through Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Paris.1990, Robert Westall, The Machine Gunners, page 152. From the entry jackboot
  • “And whatʼs more,” the voice went on triumphantly, “the patient is both physically and neurally whole.”1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 236. From the entry physically
  • Behe’s name, and not theirs, crackled triumphantly around the memosphere.2007 July 1, Richard Dawkins, “Inferior Design”, in New York Times. From the entry memosphere
  • As soon as the thunderbox had been used, the sweeper hurried forward and carried off triumphantly the china receptacle and contents.1994, Michael Blundell, “Towards Peace – via Ceylon”, in A Love Affair with the Sun: A Memoir of Seventy Years in Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya…. From the entry thunderbox
  • River streamers soon connected Nanking with Hankow, four hundred miles beyond, and finally, small steamboats sailed triumphantly up stream to I-ch'ang.1911, Ethel Daniels Hubbard, Under Marching Orders, →OCLC, page 75. From the entry I-ch'ang
  • In mid-morning the Model T truck rolled triumphantly home to Cannery Row and hopped the gutter and creaked up through the weeds to its place behind Lee Chong’s.1945, John Steinbeck, Cannery Row. From the entry block up
  • He had flunked in his examinations, while at that very moment, he knew, Bessie was going triumphantly home, her last examination over and done, and with credit.1902, Jack London, The Cruise of the Dazzler, page 47. From the entry over and done

Meaning of triumphantly

  1. adverb In a triumphant manner.

Full definition of triumphantly

Questions about triumphantly in a sentence

How do you use triumphantly in a sentence?
Triumphantly is used as an adverb. For example: “"Bowles," he added triumphantly.”
What is a short sentence with triumphantly?
“"Bowles," he added triumphantly.”
What does triumphantly mean?
Triumphantly means in a triumphant manner.

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