ELATE in a Sentence

Learn ELATE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

26 example sentences for ELATE, such as:

1. She was elated at / by the news.
2. He was greatly elated by success.
3. On the contrary, he became more and more elated.
4. Nevertheless I left that gallery greatly elated.
5. She was satisfied with her success, but not elated.

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 Meanings and Examples of ELATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
elate
 a.  lifted up; raised; elevated; fill with optimism
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1  His eye, elate with happiness, was reading eagerly the tearful gaze of Haidee, when suddenly the door opened.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 92. The Suicide.
2  First, I smiled to myself and felt elate; but this fierce pleasure subsided in me as fast as did the accelerated throb of my pulses.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
3  His large blue eyes seemed to expand as he gazed around the assembly, and his countenance appeared elated by the conscious dignity, and imaginary merit, of the part which he was about to perform.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
4  Oliver, quite elated and honoured by a sense of his importance, faithfully promised to be secret and explicit in his communications.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
5  'I knew you would be,' cried Fagin, elated by the success of his proposal.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
6  Nevertheless I left that gallery greatly elated.
The Time Machine By H. G. Wells
Context  Highlight   In VIII
7  Rostov anticipated his horse's movements and became more and more elated.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIX
8  On the contrary, he became more and more elated.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XX
9  We in Moscow are elated by enthusiasm for our adored Emperor.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER II
10  For, though elated by his rank, it did not render him supercilious; on the contrary, he was all attention to everybody.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
11  I liked this scheme, and Provis was quite elated by it.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLVI
12  She was satisfied with her success, but not elated.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4. The Pioneer Woman's Story: I
13  He took her to see The Bohemian Girl and she felt elated as she sat in an unaccustomed part of the theatre with him.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In EVELINE
14  "Let me act as I please, Felton, let me act as I please," said Milady, elated.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 55 CAPTIVITY: THE FOURTH DAY
15  Their eyes burned and a hoarse cheer of elation broke from their dry lips.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
Example Sentence:
1  Memories of her rise like butterflies from a bush, all darting, elate, and light.
2  In the sun, in the most gorgeous die surrounded by next die,but be elated Mi open to the mandala.
3  She was elated at / by the news.
4  He was greatly elated by success.
5  The prince was reported to be elated at/by the birth of his new daughter.
6  Grinning from ear to ear, Bonnie Blair was clearly elated by her fifth Olympic gold medal.
7  She showed her elation at having finally achieved her ambition.