How to Use rejoice in a Sentence

rejoice

verb
  • We all rejoiced over our friend's good luck.
  • Travis Kelce rejoiced on draft day.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Now is that time; explore, rejoice and lean in.
    — Rochelle Ratkaj, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Whether or not that’s worth rejoicing over around here is not the point.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • For a few short hours the nation rejoiced that the search had ended.
    — Time, 5 July 2018
  • Wilson said the Gators won't rejoice long about their road win.
    — Ted Dunnam, Houston Chronicle, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The others rejoice in the length and fullness of their lives.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Moody kicked it and pushed it wide right, and Cleveland rejoiced.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Both caregivers and little ones will rejoice at how smooth the ride feels.
    — Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Their hearts rejoiced in victory, with a joy that could not be stolen.
    — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 19 June 2017
  • Nuggets Nation, rejoice at your own risk.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 8 May 2026
  • And in their absence, the other lives in the city rejoiced.
    — Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Their own bodies sound, rejoicing with each breath.
    — Allegra Goodman, Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
  • We may be baffled by a public that rejoiced in the baiting of bears.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
  • There was more work to be done—there always is—but for now, this was a moment to rejoice.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 8 June 2026
  • Yet, each of you can rejoice in the beauty and true meaning of the season.
    — Columbia Flier, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The iPhone maker won't be alone to rejoice in the outcome.
    — Ryan Browne, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2025
  • If there’s a magnificent tree in the yard next door, rejoice in it.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 12 Feb. 2022
  • Starbucks addicts and fall lovers alike, rejoice.
    — Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • While many may rejoice at the extra hour of sleep, others are dreading the time change.
    — Grace Wade, Health.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Hindle spread the tape on the floor and the volunteers rejoiced.
    — oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2020
  • Every one has a secret to hide, a grudge to work off, a sin to repent or to rejoice in.
    — Tom Shippey, WSJ, 2 June 2017
  • The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common.
    — Dallas News, 2 July 2019
  • So rejoice, and fire up an éclade at your next cookout, campfire, or clambake.
    — Peter Barrett, Outside, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Fashionistas can rejoice by adding a wardrobe to their bedroom.
    — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Commenters rejoiced that the Palace didn't try to hide Meghan's dress as a faux pas.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Oct. 2018
  • Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 4 Mar. 2020
  • Two runs scored, and the Dodgers walked off the field with a 4-3 loss as the home crowd rejoiced.
    — Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Those of us who don't dig the plumber look rejoiced when mid- and high-rise jeans started flooding the market.
    — Marci Robin, Good Housekeeping, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Being in the presence of goats, who may pee on our mats or chomp on our hair, was a way to rejoice in the way things are.
    — Author: Christine Cunningham, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2018

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