1
: exultant high-spirited joy : merriment
dancing with glee
2
: a part-song for usually male voices
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Examples of glee in a Sentence
They were dancing with glee.
He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.
Recent Examples on the Web
At age 81, the timeless Payne pulls off miracle after miracle as the revered songstress, belting with glee and ebulliently scatting through dozens of songs with, like Fitzgerald, a shockingly wide vocabulary of sounds and syllables.
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Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
Meet Faya, a pup who has called the Humane Society of Scott County her home for 420 long days — almost a year and a half, a June 19 Facebook post announced with glee.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2024
Maltz’s keen eye for detail makes Jazzy a standout sequel that prioritizes childhood glee and the cultural heritage that shapes us.
—Valerie Complex, Deadline, 14 June 2024
Although Malian opposition supporters greeted Keïta’s ouster with glee, flooding the streets in celebration, Mali’s international allies did not.
—Bisa Williams, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2020
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Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press, 20 June 2024
Meet Faya, a pup who has called the Humane Society of Scott County her home for 420 long days — almost a year and a half, a June 19 Facebook post announced with glee.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2024
Maltz’s keen eye for detail makes Jazzy a standout sequel that prioritizes childhood glee and the cultural heritage that shapes us.
—Valerie Complex, Deadline, 14 June 2024
Although Malian opposition supporters greeted Keïta’s ouster with glee, flooding the streets in celebration, Mali’s international allies did not.
—Bisa Williams, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2020
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glee. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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glee
noun1
: high-spirited joy
2
: an unaccompanied song for three or more voices
gleeful
adjective
-fəl
gleefully
adverb
-fə-lē
gleefulness
noun
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