Delight

//dəˈlaɪt//

"Delight" in a Sentence (21 examples)

Censorious people delight in casting blame.

I read your new book with real delight.

Delight is the opposite of sorrow.

Dancing is a delight to me.

The sight sent chills of delight up my spine.

The gifts will delight the children.

The boy exclaimed in delight.

Great was our delight when we won the game.

He grinned with delight.

Grandmother takes great delight in watching television.

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A fool hath no delight in understanding.

[…] the isle is full of noises, Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.

At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight.

From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.

Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight, […]

[…] Awake My fairest, my espous’d, my latest found, Heav’ns last best gift, my ever new delight,

Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.

A beautiful landscape delights the eye.

A ſclaunderous tunge, a tunge of a ſkolde, Worketh more miſchiefe than can be tolde; That, if I wiſt not to be controlde, Yet ſomwhat to ſay I dare well be bolde,

For I have loved you well and long, / Delighting in your company.

He was an eisteddfodwr and delighted to hear good singing, whether it was in the sanctuary or at the eisteddfodic gatherings.

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