How to Use elate in a Sentence
elate
verb
- The discovery has elated researchers.
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Small wonder the idea of weekly or more visits to the Y does not elate him.
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Charles Isherwood,
WSJ,
1 Dec. 2022
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Many investors would be elated with a 41% pop and sell out.
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Nate Wallingsford,
USA TODAY,
30 Apr. 2018
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First-year Dash coach Vera Pauw was elated in the hours following the trade.
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Corey Roepken,
Houston Chronicle,
9 Mar. 2018
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Like the oceanographers, Althaus was at first elated by the find.
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Tom Avril,
Philly.com,
25 May 2018
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Ranz, who was once elated by the case’s prospects, now seemed dejected.
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Matías Costa,
Smithsonian,
28 June 2018
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Spanish River coach Doug Horn was elated with the school’s first sweep in his four years with the program.
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Gary Curreri,
Sun-Sentinel.com,
19 Oct. 2017
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The groom, his little brother Aaron, was elated by the 1994 reunion.
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Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
26 Aug. 2019
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Chiu said he was elated that a rent cap would be debated in the state Senate.
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Liam Dillon,
latimes.com,
4 June 2019
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Vescovo was elated when the lander reached the surface.
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Ben Taub,
The New Yorker,
10 May 2020
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Here are eight picks that should leave diners sated and elated.
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Michael Mayo,
sun-sentinel.com,
31 July 2019
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Bobbie Siegel said she was elated by the response of the audience.
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Karen Zurawski,
Houston Chronicle,
15 May 2018
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The graffiti artists are elated by the court’s decision in this case.
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Jason Daley,
Smithsonian,
15 Feb. 2018
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Industry groups were elated at the prospect of undoing the changes.
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Umair Irfan,
Vox,
22 June 2018
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Lyke said in her office last month, her tone at once elated and a little longing.
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Alan Blinder,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2019
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Williams was elated that the duchess wore one of her pieces and celebrated the look on Instagram last fall.
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Erica Gonzales,
Harper's BAZAAR,
20 Feb. 2019
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Fans are generally elated with what the Reds have done.
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John Fay,
Cincinnati.com,
1 Feb. 2020
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Being able to see songs and albums come to life via the behind the scenes work can be just as elating as listening to the end product.
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Wandera Hussein,
Billboard,
19 Dec. 2017
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While seen as extremely unlikely, passage in the first half of the year would elate investors.
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Washington Post,
2 May 2019
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After working so hard to shed my own skin from top to bottom, I was elated to look like myself.
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Amber Rambharose,
Glamour,
12 July 2017
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I was elated that evening, flitting around the room talking to people, laughing.
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Jill Gleeson,
Woman's Day,
23 June 2017
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Since that first impression, Brown has elated his team and coaches alike.
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AL.com,
3 Nov. 2017
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But Joshua ran around, elated, hanging on branches, putting the basket over his head like a hat, eating all the apples.
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Washington Post,
16 Nov. 2019
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However, in pure football terms, Ohio State must be elated with the outcome.
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Nathan Baird,
cleveland,
13 Nov. 2019
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While Tesla fans have been elated with the stock gains, the advance has inflicted pain on investors who wagered that the shares would fall.
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Julia-Ambra Verlaine,
WSJ,
20 Jan. 2020
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While the wind presented a challenge, Widmier was elated that the event was able to proceed and that a respectable fleet had turned out.
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al,
20 May 2020
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For three days, Afghans were united and elated by the possibility of peace.
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James Hohmann,
Washington Post,
27 June 2018
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From the first day of shooting onward, Mr. Fitzmaurice was elated.
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Kathryn Shattuck,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2017
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Fans are elated in a way that's eluded them for nearly a generation.
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Blair Kerkhoff,
kansascity,
16 Mar. 2018
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Meanwhile, his family is elated to have him home for Christmas.
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Anne Branigin,
The Root,
21 Dec. 2017
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