How to Use triumphant in a Sentence

triumphant

adjective
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  • Justin Bieber has made a triumphant return to the stage!
    — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • The 993 signaled a triumphant finale for the air-and-oil-cooled version of the car.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Fast forward three years, and the Red Comet has made a triumphant return.
    — Ash Parrish, The Verge, 22 June 2023
  • Nerl proclaimed coming onto the field to present medals to the triumphant blue and gold.
    — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 4 June 2022
  • And as the film ends, the final shot is of Helen's triumphant face, watching the boats from the mainland close in on the island.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Many awaited her triumphant return to the field, but that moment has yet to come.
    — Emma Obregón Dominguez, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The big game at the end is a triumphant sequence, as stylized as a musical.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2023
  • This triumphant eight-decade survey caught me off guard.
    — Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Lizzo just made a triumphant return to the Grammys stage.
    — Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The trip to Seoul seemed like a triumphant moment for Major League Baseball.
    — Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
  • Keaton's Bruce Wayne makes his triumphant return to the screen to help multiple Barrys save the time-stream.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2023
  • And some moles are all the more likely to make a triumphant return after being shaved off.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 4 Jan. 2024
  • This summer, Simone Biles made her triumphant return to the mat.
    — Byjane Thier, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Shakira… slated to make her triumphant return to the 2022 World Cup?
    — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Chandler Bing Aries likes to be triumphant in their careers.
    — Lisa Stardust, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2024
  • As the actress who plays Moore belts out a triumphant melody, Linehan sings the harmony.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The 2012 season ended in triumphant fashion for the Giants and their fans, but heartbreak for Cabrera and the Tigers.
    — Susan Slusser, San Francisco Chronicle, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Seems like the perfect time for Purple, Green, and all the rest to make a triumphant return: a game watched by sports fans and Fox News viewers alike.
    — WIRED, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The company hit new milestones with the test flight and Musk appeared triumphant.
    — Lora Kolodny, NBC News, 12 Aug. 2024
  • After the triumphant finale of man over fruit is filmed late this month, the color epic will be edited and, so to speak, in the can this summer.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Otto is triumphant, Corlys is livid and Rhaenyra feels betrayed.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2022
  • But what should have been a triumphant moment felt more like an ordeal for the lone Republican in the trio.
    — Kayla Guo, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • More than two decades later, the Civic makes a triumphant return as a regular on our 10Best list.
    — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Viewed from west of the Appalachians, the end of British rule in the Thirteen Colonies was far from a triumphant moment for human freedom.
    — Sean T. Byrnes, The New Republic, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Will the first big stop of awards season make a triumphant return in January?
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 June 2022
  • Backers of digital billboards had a triumphant week at City Hall, their best in more than a decade.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • If Andretti Autosport made the F1 leap, could a triumphant return to the track be in the cards for the elder Andretti?
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2022
  • More great reads Once shunned, now a legend, Dusty Baker makes a triumphant Dodger return.
    — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2024
  • The band played a triumphant concert in Sarajevo after the siege finally was broken, following U.S. intervention in the war in the former Yugoslavia.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The voluminous cape sleeves, which move with great theatricality and drama as one walks, are exactly what any woman would want to wear while making a triumphant entrance.
    — Arancha Gamo, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2024

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