How to Use glee in a Sentence

glee

noun
  • They were dancing with glee.
  • He could hardly contain his glee over his victory.
  • But the glee wouldn’t last long.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 9 Nov. 2025
  • The boy crinkled his nose with glee.
    — Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Idiot glee is a kind of sheer joy at the mad fact of the world.
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The expression on her face is one of pure joy, of sheer glee.
    — Douglas Watson, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Our tester dogs loved playing fetch with this toy and chased it around the yard with glee.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Our tester dogs loved playing fetch with this toy and chased it around the yard with glee.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Fans could use some fresh moments to relive with wide-eyed glee.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 22 May 2018
  • These nine stand-up tours are sure to get you through the sweaty summer months with glee.
    — Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 11 June 2024
  • Other girls covered their faces with joy and jumped around with glee.
    — Greg Cannella, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Instead, these questions are met with smiles and whoops of glee.
    — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The players roared with laughter and glee.
    — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Hanlon wasn’t trying to hide his glee.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Most of the kids are delirious with joy, tearing open presents with glee.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Plenty of glee, no chest-thumping.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Christmas is a time that's filled with glee, so look for your prize under your tree!
    — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The boy behind me, however, sped up and slid down it with glee.
    — The Editors, Outside Online, 4 May 2022
  • His former teammates watched the highlight reel with glee from afar.
    — Jared Weiss, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
  • There might have been an unconscious malice — a glee — to my pounce.
    — Lili Anolik, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Haley poured in the clinching putt, jumped with glee and then burst into tears.
    — Beth Ann Nichols, azcentral, 24 May 2018
  • Guests applaud with glee as the couple make their way back down the aisle and share a dip and a kiss!
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 16 July 2025
  • His six year old cousin opened the door and broke out in pure glee, rushing back to call for his mother.
    — Yousra Elbagir, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
  • At one point, Blunt grabs hold of a rope and pauses to beam with unfeigned glee.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2021
  • This went on for about a week, with Johnny’s strange glee around it growing by the day.
    — Charlie Sheen, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • But there are reasons for the White House to temper its glee.
    — W. James Antle Iii, Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2023
  • To our glee, the air mattresses floated him high in the water.
    — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • The soldiers carry out the killings with an air of complicit glee.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2022
  • The horn and lights put a look in his eyes that is a combination of glee and mischief.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • From the afterlife, Michael and Janet watch her progress with glee.
    — Scott Meslow, GQ, 2 Feb. 2018

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