Overjoyed

Examples

• They lifted him up, and he was overjoyed to find that they were about to take him in the direction whither the star seemed to him to lead. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Caddy was overjoyed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He was overjoyed at seeing me, and to know the meaning of the fight, faint echoes of which had reached his prison cell. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• He was overjoyed to see us and dismounted with great alacrity. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Lord Worcester was overjoyed beyond description at my unexpected return. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• My father was pleased, and Elizabeth overjoyed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Worcester appeared to be overjoyed. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Lord Worcester heard this at White's club-house, and was so overjoyed that everybody in the room laughed at him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• You will see them directly, and they will be overjoyed to find you safe and well. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• At daybreak of the fifteenth day of my search I was overjoyed to see the high trees that denoted the object of my search. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The whole family, in short, were properly overjoyed on the occasion. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Overjoyed at this discovery, he hastened to the house, which was situated in a mean street, near the Reuss. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• My dear chap, I'm overjoyed to see you. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• My father was in the mean time overjoyed, and, in the bustle of preparation, only observed in the melancholy of his niece the diffidence of a bride. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I was overjoyed at this acquisition, and those very strips and the reworked scrap are used to this day in my laboratory over forty years later. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• We were more than charmed--we were overjoyed. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• My dear Steerforth, I am so overjoyed to see you! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And I know I am so; and I know she is overjoyed when she can bring it to my mind. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mrs Lammle was overjoyed to escape into a corner for a little quiet talk. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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