How to Use elation in a Sentence

elation

noun
  • And then there was -- elation for just a quick point in time.
    — CBS News, 6 Oct. 2020
  • If any of the men had placed bets, none of them showed elation.
    — Patrick Boehler, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018
  • And then that elation lasted for days.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The loves and the losses and the heartache, and then the elation.
    — Rachel Brodsky, Time, 20 June 2025
  • The next day, my final one on the train, filled me with elation.
    — Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
  • At the time, the news had sparked elation and hopes for genuine change.
    — Nargis Kassenova, Foreign Affairs, 18 Jan. 2022
  • She was joined in her elation by a number of stars who shared in her joy.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2021
  • They're sometimes filled with too much elation or anger to be useful.
    — Jeffrey Van Camp Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 20 June 2024
  • Close your eyes, hold on to your friends and let the the waves of elation wash over your body, mind and soul.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Many staffers had been there all night watching the returns in a state of elation.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
  • But elsewhere, there was elation.
    — CBS News, 22 June 2026
  • The road was bumpy, hard on her tired body, and yet her overall feeling was elation.
    — New York Times, 3 May 2022
  • But the new calf’s arrival rounded out the decade with elation for the zoo and its fans.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Most times, the elation of pulling off the first-round upset led to a second-round rout.
    — Tim Booth, Star Tribune, 21 Mar. 2021
  • After the goal, Sinclair tossed the ball in the air in elation.
    — oregonlive, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Allen's call goes from elation to despair in a fraction of a second.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2021
  • Stephen Curry skipped in elation from half court to the bench for a timeout.
    — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Michelle Zauner is no stranger to facing grief head-on with elation.
    — Claire Shaffer, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2021
  • The days of greasy elation from his Parks & Rec past are far behind him.
    — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 28 June 2022
  • For Smith, a mother of three young children, joy means more than elation.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 Aug. 2021
  • Sousa clapped rounding the bases as the Lions’ dugout roared with elation.
    — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 6 June 2023
  • Email after email, Staton and his friends were in shock and elation to read the good news.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 8 July 2020
  • What Italy lost, of course, was the chance to feel sporting elation and torment and hope.
    — Chico Harlan, Washington Post, 21 June 2018
  • My elation, however, was short-lived.
    — Sahar Mustafah august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • That feeling of elation that comes with a successful deer hunt is the icing on the cake!
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The first day back, the elation of people coming in the front doors was unreal.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
  • Norwell has felt the heartbreak and the elation that playing in a state final can bring.
    — Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Fear, helplessness, relief, and elation had coursed through us and, with the storm, left us, weak and spent.
    — Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 30 Jan. 2025
  • After years of hard work on the high-risk project, for a few brief moments the team allowed their elation to take over.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The pure elation has been shared thousands of times over the internet already.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025

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