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The phrase "overjoyed by" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is usually used to express a strong feeling of happiness or excitement caused by something or someone. Example: "She was overjoyed by the news of her promotion."
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The brothers who heard the news were overjoyed by it.
Not everyone was overjoyed by the announcement, however.
The unions are clearly overjoyed by Mr. Gore's vacillation.
I'm all for diplomacy, and would be overjoyed by a verifiable peace deal.
They anticipate being overjoyed by events that, when they actually occur, leave them unmoved.
Residents of the neighbourhood were said to be "overjoyed" by the truce.
The dead man's brother-in-law, Raymond Pagan, said he was overjoyed by the decision.
Few people in 1945 would fail to be amazed and overjoyed by such an achievement.
"We are overjoyed by the speaker's decision," said Al Felzenberg, the commission's spokesman.
Finally, the production seems more overwhelmed than overjoyed by the effort of mounting the play.
But I find that beautiful and fascinating — I'm overjoyed by it.
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