Ahead she had sensed a spark of triumph and gleefulness. From Wordnik.com. [Voice of the Gods]
(Yah that would be in there defined as evil gleefulness). From Wordnik.com. [I Think You Think I Think] Reference
There's some of that gleefulness, but it's probably a little more serious. From Wordnik.com. [Brandon's Report: On the Set of A Nightmare on Elm Street « FirstShowing.net] Reference
All this gleefulness from you people at CNN about Obama's win in N.C. is short sighted. From Wordnik.com. [Obama: 'We need change in America'] Reference
It will also provide a much needed outlet for gleefulness at the departure of disliked colleagues. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-10-01] Reference
The conflating of Herbert's citation of a single quote with the Clinton's gleefulness is unfair IMHO. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Tries To Dial Down Tensions And Fallout From Racial Dust-Ups] Reference
There was a special gleefulness among much of the public in seeing once-powerful titans fall, as many of them did. From Wordnik.com. [Railing Against the Rich: A Great American Tradition] Reference
Dekkar, -- a man whose inborn sweetness and gleefulness of soul carried him through vexations and miseries which would have crushed a spirit less hopeful, cheerful, and humane. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference
With a charming gleefulness, he did the most outrageous things -- at which Master Adolphus, aetat twelve, would have turned up his nose, as being much beneath his years and dignity. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
To anyone who's reading this during office hours, get back to work and appreciate the gleefulness in you of knowing that a weekend is ahead - given that you don't have to work overtime again. From Wordnik.com. [teddy-risation™] Reference
Almost as bad: the gleefulness with which the right wing is touting this comment thread -- as though weirdly happy to have discovered this vein of hate, since they think it justifies their own. From Wordnik.com. [Ghouls - Swampland - TIME.com] Reference
But, of course, the psychological factor is I think he feels that people are feeling a certain amount of vengeance about him, that they're feeling a certain gleefulness that Bill Clinton's legacy is not going to be part of American history. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 26, 2008] Reference
Take for instance the waltz-like jubilation of "And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed", the otherworldly hush of "And he shall purify", and the gleefulness of "For unto us a child is born" -- all sounding as freshly articulated by our choristers as if newly minted. From Wordnik.com. [Rodney Punt: Handel's Messiah Re-imagined by Mozart in L.A. Master Chorale Performance] Reference
Then he laughed with his wonted bright gleefulness. From Wordnik.com. [The Unclassed] Reference
A kind of warm and amiable gleefulness -- that's the ideal. From Wordnik.com. [The Prodigal Father] Reference
When the Republicans are behind, its just gleefulness, of course. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
"Do you think so?" she asked, in gleefulness dashed with incredulity. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Mirror] Reference
His force was willed; but, in the determined gleefulness of his playing, it never sounded forced. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Dylan's outlaw derring-do includes the willingness -- the gleefulness -- with which he remolds and reinterprets even the most sacred of his songs. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
The jerky movements of her short arms and the puffing of her fat little body diffused through the passage a sense of noisy gleefulness which made people say in every box, 'Here's Madame Ancelin!'. From Wordnik.com. [The Immortal Or, One Of The "Forty." (L'immortel) - 1877] Reference
On his own ground he is even very fresh and healthy: his delineation of youthful maternity, for example, is as true as it is beautiful; and his sympathy with the gleefulness of children is devoid of affectation. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series] Reference
He took it first in the time and manner of a rant; presently this ill-favoured gleefulness abated, he began to dwell upon the notes more feelingly, and sank at last into a degree of maudlin pathos that was to me scarce bearable. From Wordnik.com. [The Journey in the Wilderness] Reference
There’s some of that gleefulness, but it’s probably a little more serious. From Wordnik.com. [Set Visit Interview: A Nightmare on Elm Street star Jackie Earle Haley | /Film] Reference
A child, living again the life of a child with all the spontaneous gleefulness of a child. From Wordnik.com. [The Vanishing Race] Reference
‘Why this gleefulness?’ asked Fustov. From Wordnik.com. [The Jew and other stories] Reference
'Why this gleefulness?' asked Fustov. From Wordnik.com. [The Jew and Other Stories] Reference
(so go buy it now and join me in gleefulness!). From Wordnik.com. [Review: 50 Benefits of Ebooks by Michael Pastore - by Joanna Penn | The Creative Penn] Reference
Note the gleefulness of the Post’s coverage. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Spy Allegations Against AIPAC:] Reference
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