(a.) Of or pertaining to triumph; used in a triumph; indicating, or in honor of, a triumph or victory; as, a triumphal crown; a triumphal arch.
(n.) A token of victory.
Example Sentences:
(1) But one thing that distinguishes today's establishment from earlier incarnations is its sense of triumphalism.
(2) That triumphal speech was his apex, the acme, the zenith of his career.
(3) Let other 2014 commemorations of war dwell on reconciliation or shrink from triumphalism: next summer, visitors to Bannockburn's Live will enjoy a feast of martial entertainments, including, says Visit Scotland , "a spectacular re-enactment of this iconic battle close to the original site".
(4) The misery of the left was, in the 1980s, matched by the triumphalism of the free marketeers, who had transformed Britain beyond many of their wildest ambitions, and began to balk at the restraints put on their dreams by the European project.
(5) Without a trace of triumphalism, Enders says that Bowdler has now "apologised for treating me like a lunatic".
(6) This Oscar list – and I think this award season – has a quiet triumphalism to it, an assertion of traditional mainstream Hollywood liberal values at a time when President Obama has been returned to office and the Republican right has retreated, although it is a very mainstream liberalism, and the hero of Spielberg's film is a Republican.
(7) The replaying of their triumphal re-entry into the street outside the Old Bailey triggers only partial recollection; Richard McIlkenny steady and philosophical, "Every dog has his day"; Billy Power, looking ahead, thinking of others – "Judith Ward, the Bridgewater Four."
(8) There is a rotunda decorated with Third Reich-esque golden statues; a monument to wartime partisans at a table on a plinth; and, of course, a Triumphal Arch, which the government listed as a “national treasure” as soon as it was constructed – all crammed into a space the size of one city square.
(9) Geller's answer is that the planned centre is viewed by Muslims as a "triumphal" monument built on "conquered land".
(10) But the triumphalism was punctured by conflicting accounts of how Yusuf died.
(11) The air of triumphalism that the prosecution brought was not lost on any of us,” juror four wrote to the Oregonian newspaper, “nor was it warranted given their burden of proof.” Mark Pitcavage of the Anti-Defamation League, one of America’s foremost authorities on rightwing extremism, said he could only imagine that courtroom dynamics along these lines had undone what had otherwise seemed like a very strong government case.
(12) Earlier in the day protesters had refused to leave Triumphal Square.
(13) Caesar Poblicks , an analyst at the London-based consultancy Conciliation Resources, said one of the greatest challenges facing Samba-Panza was a sense of triumphalism among the Anti-Balaka.
(14) But the Tory leader said that there would be "no hint of triumphalism" because the Conservatives had to show that they deserved the support of former Labour voters.
(15) Oronto Douglas, a senior adviser to the president, said: "This is no time for triumphalism.
(16) None of these players should significantly delay Williams on her path to the first calendar grand slam since Steffi Graf’s in 1988 – but there is no sense of triumphalism in the champion’s camp – far from it.
(17) There was a conscious lack of triumphalism about last week's Tory conference.
(18) It’s almost as though Toned Abs did it to distract attention from the drunken triumphalism of white Australia twerking in the face of the continent’s original peoples.
(19) With women, that leaking happens when others steal the images from their phones, and the response here is darker, sexual, triumphal.
(20) His actual return to Santiago in March was one of forced triumphalism by his supporters.
Triumphant
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Foodmakers will also burble on about their “philosophy” or their “mission” or their “strong core values” or the “adventure” or “journey” they have been on in order to get their products triumphantly shelved in Waitrose .
(2) Looking back over the 57 years that have elapsed since his death, one sees him as an artist who played the most dangerous of all games and played it triumphantly where all his followers have failed.
(3) Recalling the triumphant welcome into Jerusalem, Francis said Jesus "awakened so many hopes in the heart, above all among humble, simple, poor, forgotten people, those who don't matter in the eyes of the world".
(4) Strauss uses his vast orchestra to depict the experiences of his character on the mountain: a distant hunting party (listen for the 12 offstage horns), waterfalls, meadows, a dark, threatening forest, losing the path, the triumphant view from the summit and the best storm in music since Rossini's William Tell Overture (listen out for the wind machine).
(5) In smaller meetings, he varies his tone from the confidential to the triumphant depending on the audience.
(6) As the neophyte becomes seasoned, these triumphant challenges will become a part of the position she has struggled for and deserves.
(7) Once he'd got through security his assurance returned and a triumphant Ed strode magnificently into the lobby.
(8) It was meant to herald the triumphant return to newsstands of a venerable 80-year-old American media institution with a proud journalistic record.
(9) In 2012, despite the London Whale losses of around $6bn weighing on the bank, it again turned in record – even “triumphant” – profits of $24bn, although Dimon’s pay was halved to around $11m as a scold for the scandal.
(10) Sandwiched into the triumphant 50s was Kneale's astonishingly mature version of 1984, an adapation that had his usual pace but encompassed the full dread and pity of the novel.
(11) In a triumphant survey of what he described as the group’s growing influence, the speaker also mentioned support from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.
(12) Jürgen Klopp responded to Divock Origi’s 95th minute equaliser by beating his chest in front of the West Bromwich Albion bench, eyeballing Tony Pulis and leading Liverpool’s players in triumphant applause to the Kop.
(13) David Cameron was oblivious to the hell about to be unleashed within the Conservatives as he stood triumphantly at a lectern in Brussels late on Friday afternoon.
(14) The figures, showing a 4% gain in same-store sales and profits of $353m (£218m), up 200%, underlined what has been a triumphant return for Schultz, who became chief executive again at the start of 2008, after stepping back from day-to-day running of the business to become chairman eight years earlier.
(15) His triumphant Porto side could come up with flourishes in the midst of their conservatism and Chelsea will surely do likewise eventually but the Stamford Bridge project is barely begun.
(16) These he propagated not from the normal method of grafting, but from pips, once triumphantly producing a particularly dark specimen from a core harvested in Ted Hughes's garden.
(17) News of Guzmán's capture has been triumphantly received in the US, where he is blamed for up to 80% of the drugs trade in cities such as Chicago, with the official response emphasising the successful collaboration of the US with the Mexican authorities.
(18) About three minutes in, the descending scale becomes a blazing, triumphant melody - the sun rising on the mountain.
(19) The manager reminded us beforehand that we had won here last year,” the former United midfielder said on his first, triumphant return.
(20) Through a cacophonous sea of blue and white on either side, the bus carrying Leicester City’s triumphant Premier League champions slowly snaked its way through the streets of the city in a victory parade like no other in British footballing history.