How to Use exaltation in a Sentence

exaltation

noun
  • In both cases, the shiver of exaltation stayed with me for a long while.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Plains and peaks, deserts and forests, despair and exaltation.
    — Jose A. Del Real, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Members of the sect believe polygamy brings exaltation in heaven.
    — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 16 June 2017
  • Members of the sect believe polygamy brings exaltation in heaven.
    — Washington Post, 21 June 2017
  • Members of the sect believe polygamy brings exaltation in heaven.
    — Brady McCombs, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2017
  • An unkindness of ravens, a parliament of owls, an exaltation of larks!
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The dance floor was a space for celebration, for exaltation, for escape.
    — Emily Ziff Griffin, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2021
  • At our core is the exaltation of free speech, expression and personal liberty.
    — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The danger is that this mystical exaltation of liberty may blind us to the virtues of other kinds of flourishing.
    — Michael Knox Beran, National Review, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Their eyes have beheld, as from the wings of a huge stage, that glorious metamorphosis of a dormant people aroused at last to exaltation.
    — Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 5 June 2017
  • This fun-loving Payton jumps in photos with players in the locker room after a win to join in the players' exaltation.
    — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 6 Jan. 2018
  • Our society allows too little space for the self-exaltation of Black working-class women.
    — Charles Harbison, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Her exaltation of the needs of the nation and decision to embrace fame over life itself may not be entirely convincing.
    — Julia M. Klein, Philly.com, 11 Sep. 2017
  • The country star came around but embraced her exaltation eventually, as many imagine Cher would be likely to.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 10 Feb. 2024
  • That joyous exaltation might be a bit of an overstatement, but after its two-year hiatus the parade and its traditions are welcomed.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 28 Feb. 2022
  • As fans raised their arms in exaltation, the Hollywood actors' crumpled under the emotion.
    — Jennifer McClellan, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2024
  • Rather than freeze a particular moment, Worrell seeks to capture the exaltation such an instant can spark.
    — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The music conveyed the exuberance of exaltation, backed up with electric guitars and keyboards and drums.
    — James Barron, New York Times, 10 May 2018
  • Of course, butter has long been a favorite food of many people—and, whether its being smoothed onto bread or melted into sauces, its exaltation isn’t exactly new.
    — Konstanze Popp, Vogue, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Her understanding — and exaltation — of womanhood has also been a strength.
    — Footwear News, 13 May 2026
  • There are levels within the Celestial, but the best of the best is a condition known as exaltation, where and when all the good, godly stuff can happen.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2022
  • Vasquez, the portly man whose cries of exaltation at a double rainbow turned him into a viral star, died at 57 on Saturday.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 11 May 2020
  • Your legacy, as it is being formed daily, reflects division rather than love, harm rather than healing, and self-exaltation rather than humility.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
  • By that time, Taylor had experienced and endured, in a few whirlwind years, a lifetime of joy and heartbreak, exaltation and calamity.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 31 July 2024
  • Mars is in its exaltation in Capricorn, making this transit even more productive and empowering.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
  • The exaltation of the relationship between G od and nature is further stressed by the stunning painting on the opposite page.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2019
  • The concepts lend themselves to a mystical exaltation of the state (and of leaders who speak on its behalf) as constituting the General Will.
    — John D. Hagen, National Review, 20 Aug. 2020
  • The scene of Margaret’s self-confrontation is an extraordinary combination of exaltation and kitsch.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 16 June 2026
  • The only hint of the aesthetic exaltation that lies within is the set of soaring front doors (his trademark), bookended by regal lanterns bought in Copenhagen, and the yard’s 160-year-old olive trees.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019
  • Meanwhile Francis, who has called for the Turkish court to reverse its decision, has done more to secure the liberty and exaltation of the Church in the region than any in living memory.
    — Matthew Walther, TheWeek, 4 Dec. 2020

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