How to Use ecstatic in a Sentence

ecstatic

adjective
  • He was ecstatic when he heard that he was going to be a father.
  • Our agents are ecstatic to be here.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Many of the fans were ecstatic to see their home team come to their town.
    — Pj Green july 1, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
  • Jimenez saw off three challenges and found the net in front of an ecstatic away end.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 11 June 2026
  • Fans are ecstatic to see their return.
    — Molly Burford, Southern Living, 25 June 2026
  • Stone is ecstatic for Jill to start the next chapter of her life.
    — Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2022
  • There’s even more reason to be ecstatic.
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 2 May 2026
  • Willis was ecstatic, but how did the new-look Bruins take the news?
    — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The eating scenes were messy, and that was what was so ecstatic about the making of them.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Despite all the love, in the dugout, Bonds seems less than ecstatic.
    — Jeremy Collins, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The concert could have used more ecstatic moments like that.
    — Thor Christensen, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Most households would be ecstatic with that growth in income.
    — WSJ, 26 Nov. 2023
  • If this game was a sign of things to come, Green Bay fans should be ecstatic.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Most of these are held in a tent, from which loud, ecstatic moans can be heard for seemingly miles around.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2025
  • All of our players and coaches are ecstatic and ready to lock arms for a playoff run.
    — Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2025
  • All of our players and coaches are ecstatic and ready to lock arms for a playoff run.
    — Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Nguyen was ecstatic when he was discharged two days before the drive and able to attend.
    — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
  • Any receiver would be ecstatic to have those numbers over a two-game span.
    — Miami Herald, 27 Dec. 2025
  • The prose is ecstatic and freaky and muscular.
    — Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian was ecstatic to pick up the win.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
  • But the main point has been about trying to show the short span between ecstatic pleasure and shame.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Much of this vintage merch was threadbare and faded—but worn with ecstatic pride.
    — Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Fans of both stars were surprised and ecstatic to see them together.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, Peoplemag, 22 Jan. 2024
  • When the show becomes one with the music, the effect is ecstatic.
    — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2022
  • Thousands of people fill the streets that surround it in lit, ecstatic union.
    — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
  • My mother, though, was ecstatic.
    — Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The crowds had grown ecstatic by the last leg of the monks’ 2,300-mile journey.
    — Sarah Hepola, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • There’s no guarantee that its blend of the ecstatic and the melancholic will survive the trip.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Any parent would be ecstatic to get their very own cleaning robot helper, so this is a must-buy this season.
    — Savannah Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The footage shows the two best friends embracing with an ecstatic joy that has touched over four million viewers.
    — Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025

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