Sentences with phrase «jubilant at»

After five consecutive dry winters, Abdul Qadeer was jubilant at the prospect of a plentiful harvest of wheat after December rains soaked his farmland.

Mr. Vidal's own chromatic text and image - based paintings, which evoke the works of historic colorists such as Henri Matisse and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, appear jubilant at first blush, but a further examination of his work reveals painted - over machetes and other munitions that Portugal forged in order to extinguish uprisings in Angola.

At first, we were jubilant at the thought that this soul - destroying and health - threatening noise was going to be phased out, only to find that so many people are now pressing to have it reinstated.

Lib Dem MPs were jubilant at the news, as concrete liberal results were starting to shine through after a month in which they came under severe pressure for their support for George Osborne's Budget - and in particular the rise in VAT.

Many Tory MPs were jubilant at David Miliband's departure from British politics to run the IRC.

Labour officials were jubilant at a reported drop in crime during the party's time in office today.

The mood was jubilant at East Hampton Town Hall on Tuesday morning as a new town board was sworn in along with several other officials, following an election that saw Democrats complete a near - sweep of the town's governing bodies and agencies.

Labour will be jubilant at the prospect of the debates and the inclusion of Nigel Farage.

Senior Conservatives were jubilant at winning the AV vote and preventing any major lose of councils in England but they were under strict instructions from Downing Street not to be seen celebrating, as ministers tried to prevent the election from destroying the coalition.

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At the height of the watershed civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963, as the battle in the streets turned in favor of the demonstrators, a jubilant Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed an overflow crowd at St. Luke's Baptist Church and saluted those who had braved police dogs and filled the city's jailAt the height of the watershed civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963, as the battle in the streets turned in favor of the demonstrators, a jubilant Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed an overflow crowd at St. Luke's Baptist Church and saluted those who had braved police dogs and filled the city's jailat St. Luke's Baptist Church and saluted those who had braved police dogs and filled the city's jails.

At the height of the watershed civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963, as the battle in the streets turned in favor of the demonstrators, a jubilant Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed an overflow crowd at St. Luke's Baptist Church and saluted those who had braved police dogs and filled the.At the height of the watershed civil rights demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, in the spring of 1963, as the battle in the streets turned in favor of the demonstrators, a jubilant Martin Luther King, Jr., addressed an overflow crowd at St. Luke's Baptist Church and saluted those who had braved police dogs and filled the.at St. Luke's Baptist Church and saluted those who had braved police dogs and filled the...

I look at the crowd, apparently jubilant that I've put up so little resistance.

The Italians were jubilant that their compatriot, 50 - year - old Piero Taruffi had won the race, coming out of semiretirement at the 11th hour to fill out Enzo Ferrari's short - handed team.

Arsenal fans are right to be jubilant after the result away at Manchester City, which saw the team beat the reigning Premier League champions for the first time since the 2001/02 season.

At the beginning of the second half Rangers appeared almost resigned, and the jubilant Celtic support were giving voice with «We're off to Dublin in the green, in the green...» They were silenced abruptly by the first of Fallon's moments of eccentricity.

The goal spark jubilant scenes, and the noise levels increased even further when, moments later, Alexis doubled our advantage from close range after Lacazette picked him out at the near post.

Lo Celso finished off a fine team move in the 14th minute, and Cavani headed powerfully home three minutes later at a jubilant Parc des Princes.

The noise was deafening and I stood on the Marble steps until around 3 a.m. Even at that time the Holloway Road was awash with jubilant Gooners, sharing laughter and booze.

A fairy - tale first winner at Leopardstown Christmas Festival brought jubilant and emotional scenes by the track and in the winner's enclosure afterwar -LRB-...)

Their emphatic defeat away to Blackburn Rovers last weekend put memories of a jubilant yet rare league win at home to Sunderland the week before right to the back of everyone's mind, with the focus now reverting back to the many defeats Wolves have collected this season.

Jake Clarke - Salter, who along with Jay Dasilva became a three - time winner of the competition, held the trophy aloft at a jubilant Stamford Bridge!

Welcome home: A jubilant No supporter at the Aberdeenshire vote count, in the constituency Alex Salmond represents in the Scottish Parliament

There was a massive mixup at the Oscars last night, during which «La La Land» was first announced as the best picture winner before its jubilant cast and crew were interrupted with a scarcely believable correction that actually, «Moonlight» was the real winner.

But an engineer at the site, Walter Ashong, told Citi News that the facility is intact even though some jubilant NPP supporters besieged the area when Nana Akufo - Addo was declared winner.

The Tories are jubilant and privately looking at a majority in 2020 that could tip over into three figures.

It was a jubilant and confident night in a packed ballroom at the Queensbury Hotel as a beaming Elise Stefanik greeted volunteers and supporters after winning every single North Country county — often by landslide margins.

«That's what this election is all about: who can walk into the national arena with the most support,» Rangel said, doing shtick for the jubilant crowd at his victory party at the Taino Tower in Harlem as he waited to declare actual victory.

It's two years old,» Rosamilia said while surrounded by jubilant Democrats at the Italian Community Center on Fifth Avenue.

BRIDGEPORT — On a jubilant day of door - knocking in the East End, the closest Joe Ganim came to a sour moment was at the end of Wilmot Avenue, where a woman demanded to know how someone convicted of a crime still can participate in electoral politics.

The jubilant support for him at the leadership election was met in equal share with bemusement in other quarters, however.

President Barrow's plane touched down at Banjul airport where jubilant crowds waited to welcome him.

The mood at Espaillat's primary night party at the 809 Bar and Grill in northern Manhattan was jubilant as the early returns showed the veteran state legislator ahead.

When male visitors arrive at her house, the jubilant builder I know transforms into a meek and submissive servant, bowing as she acquiesces to their every request.

Last Thursday, jubilant National Aeronautics and Space Administration researchers announced that the Lunar Prospector spacecraft had confirmed earlier indications that ice exists in potentially extractable quantities in the dark, cold regions at both of the moon's poles.

The vision of Southern California terrain Barfod molds in Salton Sea seems strangely undead and haunting even at its most jubilant moments, creating a chilling sense of something epic and part - human.

The powers - that - be decided to split the bigger picture in half, a decision that ultimately lessens the potential impact of the overall film, but still this is pulp fiction at its finest and most jubilant.

At its best, without the direct reference, The Dreamers pings off the jubilant energy of Breathless.

A jubilant Ava DuVernay was named entertainer of the year at an NAACP Image Awards ceremony that focused on the black community's power to create change.

Tesson said the film delivered a «jubilant, endearing and inventive portrait of a woman» while addressing political issues at the same time.

A jubilant Ava DuVernay was named entertainer of the year at the NAACP Image Awards ceremony that focused on the black community's power to create change.

The Washington Post Video of jubilant students at a small - town Louisiana school inspired millions

Instead, at the September 11 meeting, both local representatives and district superintendents argued passionately against the opening of Clarksdale Collegiate, described by its founder, Amanda Johnson, as a place that will prepare kindergarteners through 8th graders to «excel in high school and college by providing rigorous instruction within a structured, ambitious, and jubilant school community.»

However, on that night, everyone seemed physically at ease and exempt from life's worries with final exams over and bar class a distant dream with a week before the first lecture, and as I looked around at the jubilant faces and loud voices, if you listened carefully enough you could almost hear the culmination of three years in the breath of the night gasp in an exultant sigh as if to say, «Law school was over at last!

A jubilant adolescent who is happily being chased and running at breakneck speed, doesn't see that 10 ft. piece of play equipment in front of him and WHAM!

But a cursory glance at their congratulatory and jubilant online updates revealed something disturbing: all the guests, it seemed, were white.

Such memorable personalities are joined by fresh creations Luceus (who, amusingly, comes up with long winded strategies) and Aurora (who tells him to shut up), Isla the skilled inventor, and the highly jubilant King Doric, all of which feel at home in the Dragon Quest multiverse.

The dust has now settled, the winners are jubilant, the losers nurse sore heads after consolatory drinks at the bar and we've all had the chance to reflect on what was... Read more

Although Cave continues to create and display new Soundsuits, the five on view offer a worthwhile introduction for those unfamiliar with his work and a striking visual and conceptual complement to Ashton Ramsey's jubilant handiwork across town at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art.

Ms. Hughes's current show, aptly titled «Same Space Different Day» at Rachel Uffner, is also installed in a windowless room and the paintings are lush, captivating, jubilant and somewhat utopian.

At almost 60 feet wide, The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin (2015) is a cut - paper silhouette in her signature style.