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• “We were all around his age — pre-pubescent, and reedy-voiced and when we sang along to the song — no knock on Jermaine, Jackie and the rest — but it was Michael's parts we sang in gleeful, screechy unison.”

  Archive 2009-08-01

• “I had forgotten about his magical place where the sun shines every day, the grass is still green, where rhododendrons, impatiens, and geraniums blossom in gleeful profusion.”

  2009 January « Becca’s Byline

• “But then to suddenly find themselves in gleeful agreement with the right in declaring the death of the mainstream media when it fails to endorse a cause du jour.”

  Sound Politics: Understanding Newspaper Endorsements

• “I was with the woman who was my mate, picnicking in gleeful abandon.”

  Chapter XXX

• “I rubbed my bruised brow and gazed with reproachful inquiry at Paul, who was laughing in gleeful, boyish fashion.”

  The Shadow and the Flash

• “Amma released Salman’s arm and waddled up to Nazia, her expression gleeful.”

  Simon & Schuster: Beneath My Mother’s Feet

• “The tone of the e-mail, she says, was "gleeful" -- her cousin was happy that "they were shooting n&%ggers.”

  Harry Shearer: New Orleans Faces "The Nation"

• “But they’re rubbing their hands in gleeful anticipation of 30+ million more customers to rob, this time by the force of law.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Endgame

• “She raised her shoulders to her ears and her expression became gleeful.”

  Simon & Schuster: Winter Bloom

• “And I have to admit, I love the idea of gleeful little girls microwaving Barbies to death.”

  Alas, a blog » 2005 » December

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