The kids felt proud of themselves.

Meaning: The children experienced a sense of accomplishment.

Choice of Words: Proud means feeling deep pleasure or satisfaction as a result of one's own achievements, qualities, or possessions. Themselves is a reflexive pronoun used to emphasize the subject of a sentence.

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Related Expressions

• Students felt proud of themselves.
• The students felt proud of themselves.
• The players felt proud of themselves.
• The park was filled with kids enjoying themselves.
• They were proud of themselves.
• Parents were proud of their kids.
• Disgruntled passengers grumbled among themselves.
• The children gathered around the fireplace to warm themselves.
• Whiskers help cats groom themselves.
• Children imagined themselves as heroes.