triumph
a successful ending of a struggle or contest
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,895 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,454 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a successful ending of a struggle or contest also: victory a narrow victorythe general always gets credit for his army's victory
- the exultation of victory
verb
- prove superior also: prevail The champion prevailed, though it was a hard fight
- be ecstatic with joy also: wallow, rejoice
- dwell on with satisfaction also: gloat, crow
- to express great joy also: exuberate, exult, rejoice, jubilate Who cannot exult in Spring?
triumph in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Through hymns of triumph the tempter calls, And whoso thinketh he standeth falls.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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But if we triumph, I shall have to tell the truth to those fine gentlemen.
The Fortune of the Rougons · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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But his specialty, his triumph, his glory, is a memory of faces, so prodigious as to exceed belief.
The Lerouge Case · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He does fall into the flour-bin, and Father slaps his own or Mother's knee with a roar of triumph.
Punch — Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 · Various · Chapter 1
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Joyful, all ye nations, rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th' angelic host proclaim, "Christ is born in Bethlehem."
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1