Rejoiced
[ri'dʒɔist]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Rejoice
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Examples
- I told him I was rejoiced to be by chance among the first to welcome him home to England. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- When she went again, Mr. Dashwood was alone, whereat she rejoiced. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- When they were come to their houses, they recognized them, albeit they seemed old and mean; and they rejoiced, and were glad. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Elinor, rejoiced to be assured of his being in London, now ventured to say, Depend upon it, he will call again tomorrow. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- He proclaimed the marriage in the high places of the city and rejoiced that dishonor had departed from his house. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When they had gone three hundred yards they stopped, and we went on rejoiced. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- When Elizabeth had rejoiced over Wickham's departure she found little other cause for satisfaction in the loss of the regiment. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Shall we begin by assuring him that he is welcome to any knowledge which he may have, and that we are rejoiced at his having it? Plato. The Republic.
- We are rejoiced for many goods, which, on account of their frequency, give us no pride. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Marianne was rejoiced to find her sister so easily pleased. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Then for her goodness and her unselfishness, he rejoiced her heart with the news that she should bear a son. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Upon my life and honour, I never was so rejoiced, my beloved Copperfield, never! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- How rejoiced was Elizabeth that their own journey had not by any circumstance been delayed a day! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She felt it to be the probable consequence of her allusions to Mr. Wickham, and rejoiced in it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I just rejoiced that good luck had come her way, and that she had not thrown herself away on a penniless sailor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- That night, when Georgy came back in the pony-carriage in which he rejoiced, and in which he was driven by Sir Wm. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Father's own words was, “Much to be rejoiced in, Mary, that Miss Dorrit is not on the spot to behold it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Instead of viewing them as a stranger, I might have rejoiced in them as my own, and welcomed to them as visitors my uncle and aunt. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Elizabeth could but just _affect_ concern in missing him; she really rejoiced at it. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- He listened with the utmost attention, and said, feelingly, when I had done: 'I am rejoiced at it, sir! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I rejoiced to know that a few vacant staterooms were still left. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She rejoiced in his being cleared from some part of his imputed guilt;she was sorry for him;she wished him happy. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Woodrow Wilson brought to public life an exceedingly flexible mind,--many of us when he first emerged rejoiced at the clean and athletic quality of his thinking. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- For these he had come, and in these he rejoiced. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Throughout the whole of that period Mr. Fairlie had been rejoiced to possess me, but had never been well enough to see me for a second time. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I am rejoiced to see you, Mister Copperfield, even under present circumstances. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The President especially was rejoiced that Knoxville had been relieved (*18) without further bloodshed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- This was the first time the Demarch had spoken so plainly, and Crispin was much rejoiced thereat. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I need not say how rejoiced I shall be to hear there has been any mistake, but the report is so prevalent that I confess I cannot help trembling. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- For the good King Maximilianus was become converted unto the new faith, and the Christians rejoiced because they were no longer persecuted. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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