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Example sentences for: elation

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Because of the nature of my own work, I read little fiction and write virtually none, though a few years ago I did win first prize in England for a short story: the first prize was a dinner for two at a country restaurant I shall not identify; I have a feeling that the second prize was a dinner for four at the same restaurant, but that did nothing to diminish my elation at having won.
So the Cappadoras' elation at the return of their son is gradually eroded by the realization that their boy still thinks of George as his real father.
Any elation or dishevelment observed in me upon leaving those meetings was strictly professional.
Zucker remembered the elation he felt in law school, when he helped resolve a landlord-tenant dispute while volunteering at a legal aid program.
The early scenes evoke elation and dread simultaneously, the later ones just dread; and the last half-hour is unrelieved torture.