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.
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These nine stand-up tours are sure to get you through the sweaty summer months with glee.
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Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 11 June 2024
Members took glee in ribbing him about his football career.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 9 June 2024
But when Cynthia dies, so does the film, spiraling into the darkest periods of Winehouse’s life and wallowing in them with an exploitative glee.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2024
Featuring some great car-racing sequences (not to mention the first pairing of Ferrell with his ace comedic wingman John C. Reilly), Talladega Nights shakes and bakes with glee.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2024
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Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 11 June 2024
Members took glee in ribbing him about his football career.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 9 June 2024
But when Cynthia dies, so does the film, spiraling into the darkest periods of Winehouse’s life and wallowing in them with an exploitative glee.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 May 2024
Featuring some great car-racing sequences (not to mention the first pairing of Ferrell with his ace comedic wingman John C. Reilly), Talladega Nights shakes and bakes with glee.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2024
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“Glee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glee. Accessed 30 Jun. 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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