exultation

• Creeping stealthily forward toward the encounter he watched his grizzly enemy with exultation, his thought being He's tough! —  Dorothy on a Ranch
• My heart gave a bound of exultation, and with the energy which such a feeling always inspires, I put forth all my strength, threw him heavily over on his back, and fell upon him A shout of applause from my comrades greeted me as I rose and left the ground; but at the same moment the attention of all was taken from myself and the baffled Misconna by the arrival of the scout, bringing us information that a party of Chipewyans were in the neighbourhood. —  The Young Fur Traders
• The morning mists rolling along before the resistless monarch of day confused the visible world for a time, so that between refraction and reflection and buoyant spirits Victor Ravenshaw felt that at last he had found the realms of fairyland, and a feeling of certainty that he should soon rescue his brother filled him with exultation But the exultation was premature. —  The Red Man's Revenge A Tale of The Red River Flood
• Comprehending few things, and those imperfectly, I say only what others have said before, wise men and holy; and if, by passing through my heart into the wide world around me, it pleaseth God that this little treasure shall have lost nothing of its weight and pureness, my exultation is then the exultation of humility. —  Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection
• Before it was up to us the sails bulged out, the brig gathered way, and presently she was gliding at the rate of three or four knots through the water Jim and I shouted with exultation--we forgot the past--we thought not of the future. —  Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler

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