Explore Glee through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like hilarity or mirth. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Glee in a sentence
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Glee meaning
- Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune.
- Music; minstrelsy; entertainment.
- An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.
Synonyms of Glee
Using Glee
- The main meaning on this page is: Joy; happiness; great delight, especially from one's own good fortune or from another's misfortune. | Music; minstrelsy; entertainment. | An unaccompanied part song for three or more solo voices, not necessarily merry.
- Useful related words include: hilarity, mirth, mirthfulness, gleefulness.
- In the example corpus, glee often appears in combinations such as: with glee, glee club, the glee.
Context around Glee
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Glee
- In this selection, "glee" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, show, manic, demented, club, star and project stand out and add context to how "glee" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acting with glee and politicising and around in glee. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "glee" sits close to words such as aliyu, assigning and awakened, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with glee
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Problem solved; you exclaim with glee. (6 words)
Each trap will have diehards cackling with demented glee. (9 words)
Best wishes for April 28-30th, 2023 feature celebrity actor Harry Shum Jr. from Glee! (15 words)
Examples include Scream Queens (where the prize is a role in the Saw film series), The Glee Project (for a role on the television show Glee ) and Any Dream Will Do (the lead role in a revival of the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ). (46 words)
Merlyn's sheer consistency and pettiness make him a wonderful villain that everyone loves to hate plays him with such wicked glee that it's impossible not to be entertained by him. (32 words)
It breaks through the walls of our perception, as we watch with glee, playing with philosophical ideals of time and reality under a magician’s cloak of manipulation and deceit. (30 words)
The Naval Academy Men’s Glee Club, Women’s Glee Club, and Gospel Choir join forces to present a special performance in honor of the Class of 2018! (28 words)
Best wishes for April 28-30th, 2023 feature celebrity actor Harry Shum Jr. from Glee! (15 words)
Example sentences (20)
Authorities search for ‘Glee’ star believed to have drownedAuthorities planned Friday to renew the search for “Glee” star Naya Rivera, who is believed to.
Stroker was part of the reality competition “The Glee Project” and won a guest-starring role on “Glee” in 2013.
The Naval Academy Men’s Glee Club, Women’s Glee Club, and Gospel Choir join forces to present a special performance in honor of the Class of 2018!
Examples include Scream Queens (where the prize is a role in the Saw film series), The Glee Project (for a role on the television show Glee ) and Any Dream Will Do (the lead role in a revival of the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat ).
And although Margolyes exudes a child-like glee and curiosity, she is pessimistic about her future and the world’s.
A place of joy and laughter, where hearts are filled with glee, Helensburgh, oh Helensburgh, you're where I long to be.
Best wishes for April 28-30th, 2023 feature celebrity actor Harry Shum Jr. from Glee!
Calling Pedro ‘father’ presumably refers to his newfound title ‘the internet daddy’ which he finally responded with glee during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show.
Comedian Hasan Al-Habib won the Birmingham Comedy Festival’s Breaking Talent Award after performing in front of a sell out crown at The Glee Club in Birmingham.
Directly interacting with his past alone is traumatizing, but it clashes with the sense of manic glee he feels knowing that the man who tormented him is dead.
Each trap will have diehards cackling with demented glee.
He also hit back at Liberal leader Peter Dutton, who accused Mr Albanese and Government Services Minister Bill Shorten of acting with “glee” and politicising the issue.
His handwriting in the Oct. 5 entry is unusually cramped and urgent, the Hubble equivalent of unrestrained glee.
In response, the crowd laughed at his innocent, childlike glee and applauded as he beamed.
It breaks through the walls of our perception, as we watch with glee, playing with philosophical ideals of time and reality under a magician’s cloak of manipulation and deceit.
Merlyn's sheer consistency and pettiness make him a wonderful villain that everyone loves to hate plays him with such wicked glee that it's impossible not to be entertained by him.
Ms Tutton said: “Tuesday loves to play and explore and is often found throwing her toys around in glee.
Of course, douchebag of the year, Detective Saracusa (), has glee plastered on his face as he and Kevyn Tan () arrive with some backup to look over the Sadecki home.
Problem solved; you exclaim with glee.
Roaring with glee as ministers resigned in the ensuing ‘cash for questions’ scandal, Mr Al Fayed played to the gallery as a powerbroker, while the beleaguered government tottered towards collapse.
Common combinations with glee
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- with glee 38×
- glee club 19×
- the glee 18×
- glee and 16×
- glee star 9×
- of glee 7×
- glee of 6×
- in glee 5×
- glee when 5×
- glee in 4×