We all rejoiced over our friend's good luck. rejoiced over our unexpected victory on the soccer field
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Texas moviegoers, rejoice: A Lone Star state theater recently ranked on a national list of the best drive-ins in the country.—Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2025 Not everybody will rejoice in their breakthrough year.—Phil Hay
june 2, New York Times, 2 June 2025 Featuring a full-length inseam and slight bell below the knee, petites will rejoice that this style also is part of the brand’s Pixie line, which caters to those needing a shorter inseam.—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 30 May 2025 The evening that Donald Trump defeated Kamala Harris, Netanyahu land rejoiced.—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for rejoice
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Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French rejois-, stem of rejoier, rejoir, from re- + joir to welcome, enjoy, from Latin gaudēre to be glad — more at joy
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