How to Use rejoicing in a Sentence

rejoicing

noun
  • Don’t be surprised if all their rejoicing sends stocks to new record highs.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 17 Sep. 2024
  • There were many huzzahs and much rejoicing — with chips and guacamole, of course.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 27 July 2019
  • Spring seems like a good time for thankfulness and rejoicing.
    — Bulletin Board, Twin Cities, 11 June 2017
  • Where was the fanfare, the rejoicing, the excitement around this next step for us?
    — Ronan O’Brien, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2020
  • The rejoicing had nothing to do with bumper crops of corn and pumpkin or markets full of turkeys.
    — Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic, 18 Nov. 2022
  • But a new study finds the rejoicing may turn to regret after the home’s completion.
    — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022
  • There was no celebration, no rejoicing for this dilemma our church is in.
    — al.com, 4 June 2019
  • Yet for parents of children under age 12, the rejoicing might be short-lived.
    — Nancy S. Jecker, The Conversation, 7 June 2021
  • Christmas is a time for rejoicing, certainly not shopping, anger or strife.
    — cleveland, 13 Dec. 2019
  • This year's class is loaded with talent; here are the top 15 And there was much rejoicing.
    — Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The through line is Lynne’s voice, purring and raging, rejoicing and despairing.
    — Nancy Kruh, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Watching ‘80s movies and cringing at/rejoicing in all the jelly bracelets, neon tees and crimped hair.
    — USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2020
  • This rejoicing arrives about a third of the way through Silverman’s four-hundred-plus-page book.
    — Philip Deloria, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Even amid the rejoicing, the mood in the city tilted toward retribution.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2022
  • By the next morning the power was back, which goes to show that overcoming fake mishaps in a fake mission can lead to real rejoicing.
    — Patrick Morgan, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2011
  • In Orlando, when Valot’s phone call came in, there was rejoicing.
    — Christy Cabrera Chirinos, Sun-Sentinel.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • When Mischutin made the announcement, the deck erupted in rejoicing.
    — Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2019
  • That his death led Jason and Loni Renee to salvation was cause for rejoicing.
    — Earl Swift, Outside Online, 20 June 2018
  • And on went the rejoicing — understandably so, given what appears to be a magnificent work of art.
    — Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Even longevity gains in life expectancy, normally a cause for rejoicing, are contributing to the pension woes.
    — Mary Williams Walsh, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2017
  • There was great rejoicing when his beloved Red Sox won the 2004 World Series.
    — courant.com, 28 Sep. 2019
  • But on Wednesday, the mood on social media was a lot different, with fans of the brands rejoicing in what could be the greatest comeback of all time.
    — Eileen Reslen, Good Housekeeping, 3 Oct. 2018
  • It is celebrated by taking all the Torah scrolls out of the ark in a synagogue as people spend the evening dancing, singing and rejoicing.
    — Sergio Carmona, sun-sentinel.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • If played with the know-how, the sounding of church bells in various sequences, tones, and rhythms can signal the time for rejoicing or mourning and when to run to the aid of a neighbor in need.
    — Joseph Wilson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 July 2024
  • That means there may not be a single moment that feels right for a national rejoicing—which might not be appropriate anyway, given the hundreds of thousands who have died.
    — Maryn McKenna, Wired, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Each demonstration of Christ-healing further solidifies our rejoicing in the things of Spirit, a joy that nothing can take away.
    — Mary Alice Rose, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In New York City, as throughout a rejoicing nation and world, vast throngs of grateful, happy people celebrate the end of fighting, the dawn of peace.
    — Jessica Stahl, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2018
  • An unprecedented May 2 leak showed five justices ready to overturn Roe, unleashing rejoicing and alarm in roughly equal measure.
    — Dallas News, 24 June 2022
  • Fall is a season for rejoicing, because while the weather cools off in the Northern Hemisphere and birds begin their long slog south, travel to Europe is at its best.
    — Natalie B. Compton, chicagotribune.com, 8 Oct. 2019
  • Plus a young New York socialist is likely to be elected to Congress in November and there's a lot of rejoicing over that in some corners.
    — Fox News, 28 June 2018

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