Literary notes about Exultant (AI summary)
In literature, "exultant" is employed to convey an intense burst of joy or triumph that electrifies a scene. Authors use it to depict everything from defiant shouts heralding political change ([1]) to the rapturous outcries of battle-hardened troops ([2], [3]). The term often encapsulates both public displays of victory—such as the electrifying cheers of assembled crowds—and intimate moments of inner elation, whether in a character’s triumphant glance ([4]) or a heartfelt, liberating declaration ([5]). It also serves to color narrative moods, reinforcing the sheer, contagious energy of a moment by transforming ordinary actions into vivid celebrations of life and achievement ([6], [7]).
- This exultant shout meant that in future only anti-Clintonians would make up the army of canal employees.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - The exultant cheer swept through the ranks again, and back came the defiant rebel yell.
— from The Guns of Shiloh: A Story of the Great Western Campaign by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler - At last an exultant yell went along the quivering line.
— from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane - I felt exultant as I went over to the door and softly turned the key.
— from The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker - “Why, of course!” cried Biddy, with an exultant face.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - The spectators’ cries were redoubled, and became more exultant and triumphant every moment.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - As she saw him glittering in arms and idly exultant: 'Why,' she cries, 'wanderest thou away?
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
