How to Use elation in a Sentence

elation

noun

• After the goal, Sinclair tossed the ball in the air in elation.
  — oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2022
• The days of greasy elation from his Parks & Rec past are far behind him.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 28 June 2022
• There was a wave of elation in the live chat comments as well as in the Facebook group for fans of the park’s bears.
  — Natalie B. Compton, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
• She was joined in her elation by a number of stars who shared in her joy.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2021
• Sousa clapped rounding the bases as the Lions’ dugout roared with elation.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
• The Thorns led 1-0, and a packed Providence Park shook with elation.
  — oregonlive, 17 Sep. 2023
• At the time, however, the spike was just a way for Jones to show his elation while avoiding a fine.
  — Harrison Smith, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
• The first day back, the elation of people coming in the front doors was unreal.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
• The road was bumpy, hard on her tired body, and yet her overall feeling was elation.
  — New York Times, 3 May 2022
• In Eagle Pass, the mood among Cuban migrants was elation.
  — Dallas News, 21 June 2022
• Allen's call goes from elation to despair in a fraction of a second.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2021
• For Smith, a mother of three young children, joy means more than elation.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2021
• Michelle Zauner is no stranger to facing grief head-on with elation.
  — Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2021
• Just that moment of pure elation when it was verified that yes, that was Steven asking you to be in the film.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 July 2021
• The elation lasted for days, weeks, heck, throughout that summer of 1997.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2021
• To be sure, Simone’s first ride around the neighborhood on the Woom UP 6 made her giddy with elation.
  — Kelly Bastone, Outside Online, 24 July 2021
• But to his surprise, his costume has drawn elation and praise from locals in Qatar.
  — Isabel Debre, Fortune, 4 Dec. 2022
• When the bill passed, there was elation among its supporters and the filmmakers.
  — New York Times, 11 June 2021
• This is not a jockeying for power but the elation of sharing it.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2023
• Their cheers were the sound of elation, recognition, and, most of all, connection.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2022
• The author loved his father but hated him as well, and his response to the death is elation and relief.
  — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2021
• Amid the relief and elation are questions around what happens next.
  — Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2023
• At the end of the evening, the audience filed out, masks still on, eyes alight with elation at having finally heard a show.
  — Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 7 June 2021
• The Nikkei's new record was welcomed with applause in some of Tokyo's brokerages, but not the sort of elation that prevailed in 1989.
  — Elaine Kurtenbach, Quartz, 22 Feb. 2024
• Pure elation followed, with dozens of posts and hundreds of comments.
  — Andrea Salcedo, Natalie B. Compton, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2023
• The essence of these mountains and forests and open places was a contentment, a dignity, an elation.
  — Justin Beal, Harper’s Magazine , 12 Dec. 2022
• Weeping with elation and exhaustion, Mr. Smith had to close for more than a week to regroup.
  — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• As the city speeds up reopening, New Yorkers like her share an air of elation and relief.
  — Sarah Matusek, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2021
• Amid the change of heart, Shemar quickly jumped on Instagram to share his elation.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 14 May 2023
• At their best, his performances swung with joy, even elation.
  — David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024