Glad is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like grateful or willing. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Glad in a sentence
Related words
Glad meaning
- Pleased; happy; gratified.
- Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
Synonyms of Glad
Using Glad
- The main meaning on this page is: Pleased; happy; gratified. | Having a bright or cheerful appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness.
- Useful related words include: cheerful, sword lily, gladiola, gladiolus.
- In the example corpus, glad often appears in combinations such as: glad to, glad that, so glad.
Example sentences (20)
While he is too professional to believe in fate and does not seek horror, he is glad he was there when the attack unfolded: “I am glad I was there on that day, but I was just doing the right thing.
Glad they have been in isolation throughout and glad that their symptoms were mild.
I’m glad they did that, I’m glad that they brought up all the nitty-gritty details about how to get help.
In any case, I'm glad that it's worked out quickly and I'm glad that CBP did the right thing.
He always had a story and a smile, and he was always glad to see you, genuinely glad.
Very glad to see Jerry, very glad that he was home.
In Milgram's defense, 84 percent of former participants surveyed later said they were "glad" or "very glad" to have participated; 15 percent chose neutral responses (92% of all former participants responding).
A bit further down, MaxKorben says they are glad that the boss fight with U-3 didn't make it into the remake.
After an impromptu digression, Miller was glad to return to our original topic—sports.
After last week’s mass shootings, he is glad he has the protection.
Again I am glad the entertainer will be OK but I stand with the Blue Line.
Albas said he is glad the commission chose B.C’s interior instead of Vancouver Island, which had the same population growth as the interior.
Alexander notes: “Of Vietnam veterans, 91% said they were glad they served in the military, and 74% said at some level they enjoyed their time in the military.
All the suffering in the world, I'm glad God has started with this podunk town in the weeds somewhere.
Although McMahon says she is sad to see the center close as she brings her home-schooled children to their many events most weekends, she is glad to see the place receive the face-lift it deserves.
Although she was glad to have his testimony for her divorce proceedings, she still had a weird feeling about this man.
Although the franchise has received spin-off releases such as Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopesin the time since, fans itching for the series to get back to its roots will be glad to see reviews for this title seem to suggest just that.
And Carcich is glad he did, because it turns out he needed the insurance on more than one occasion.
And I am so glad I did!
And I am so glad this was done, I truly feared for my life walking down the steps of the old garage and when you park and can see the floor below you, it is concerning.
Common combinations with glad
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- glad to 44×
- glad that 30×
- so glad 25×
- i'm glad 22×
- am glad 21×
- was glad 20×
- glad we 15×
- is glad 14×
- glad he 12×
- just glad 10×