How to Use rejoice in a Sentence

rejoice

verb
  • We all rejoiced over our friend's good luck.
  • In the movies, doesn’t the heroine rejoice at this news?
    — Pamela Rafalow Grossman, SELF, 2 July 2018
  • The others rejoice in the length and fullness of their lives.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2021
  • And meat lovers, rejoice: The menu also has filet mignon ($40) and rib eye ($36).
    — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Meg Ryan fans, rejoice: The actor is back with a new film!
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Commenters rejoiced that the Palace didn't try to hide Meghan's dress as a faux pas.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Oct. 2018
  • For a few short hours the nation rejoiced that the search had ended.
    — Time, 5 July 2018
  • Hindle spread the tape on the floor and the volunteers rejoiced.
    — oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2020
  • Moody kicked it and pushed it wide right, and Cleveland rejoiced.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • There’s good news and bad news: Detroit’s drought isn’t the worst, so fans can rejoice in that.
    — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 8 June 2018
  • My lions, be sure to rejoice in the beauty that is June!
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2022
  • On the day of the vote counting, the friend kept calling Mr. Salam, rejoicing at Mr. Adityanath’s lead.
    — Hari Kumar, New York Times, 18 May 2024
  • Aponte and Sanchez rejoiced over the small victory in the checkout line.
    — Morgan Smith, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2018
  • Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
    — Blair Donovan, Country Living, 5 Apr. 2019
  • Cheers fans will rejoice at the reunion of Shelley Long and George Wendt, who star as the jolly in-laws.
    — Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Both caregivers and little ones will rejoice at how smooth the ride feels.
    — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Being in the presence of goats, who may pee on our mats or chomp on our hair, was a way to rejoice in the way things are.
    — Author: Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2018
  • We may be baffled by a public that rejoiced in the baiting of bears.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 4 Mar. 2020
  • More:Oatmeal breakfast bars are an easy grab-and-go way to break the fast More:Berry lovers, rejoice!
    — Darlene Zimmerman, Detroit Free Press, 1 May 2021
  • While many may rejoice at the extra hour of sleep, others are dreading the time change.
    — Grace Wade, Health.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • As the group made their way into the main space, everyone rejoiced in the beauty of the details.
    — Mai Morsch, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2019
  • Look on this work, ye mighty of Hollywood, and rejoice.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • If there’s a magnificent tree in the yard next door, rejoice in it.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The holiday season is a time to relax, rejoice, and spend—on gifts for you and yours and theirs.
    — Molly Creeden, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2018
  • Lefty pull hitters have rejoiced in the MLB’s shift ban this year as the average balls in play rose.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
  • The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common.
    — Dallas News, 2 July 2019
  • Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice.
    — Blair Donovan, Country Living, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Kansas City Royals fans can rejoice: Opening day is just one week away.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Though fans are likely rejoicing over the news, studios can often get impatient and want to move forward with projects without their stars.
    — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025

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