How To Use Delight In A Sentence

For all the abuse, there are moments of unmitigated delight as well.
Her face was radiant with delight at the good news.
Bouquet: The nose is alive with aromas of Turkish delight, spice , cloves dried herbs.
Toast sandwiches in a dry skillet over medium-low heat until outside is golden brown and inside is delightfully melty, about 3 minutes per side.
When the Mexican chair of the meeting declared the talks formally closed there were whoops of delight from the African delegates.

The tantalising smell of roast tomatoes and red peppers is a taste of delights to come. Times, Sunday Times
Most teachers, in colleges that don’t restrict it, will be delighted to have an interested, if unmatriculated, student in their class who sincerely wishes to learn. Letter to the St. Petersburg Times on ID Poll - The Panda's Thumb
We are extremely delighted to hear of your scholarship to Beijing University.You are worthy of success.Best wishes for your bright future.
I'm delighted that our local communities and voluntary groups are taking the lead on renewable energy for lighting and heating.
She cast the door aside with a big wave of her hand, much to the delight of the girls behind her.
What has become the largest event in Camarillo, the Camarillo Art & Jazz Festival welcomes a prestigious line up of well-known musicians and artists that will entertain and delight visitors over the entire weekend period. Camarillo Art & Jazz Festival August 10th – August 12th
We also get to see entire animatics sequences that will delight anyone wondering how all the elements come together for a movie this visually powerful.
He was not at the count as he was unable to take a day off work but delighted supporters phoned to let him know the result.
Then as well we were treated to beautiful Mozart and Strauss music by a delightful quintet in traditional costume.
Bley plays acoustic piano in duo with Steve Swallow, and their rapport projects extraordinary warmth on this delightful album.
The journey north-west from Edinburgh is a delight, with lush pasturelands giving way to the rugged beauty of the Trossachs and then Argyll and the western seaboard.
That includes the ever-popular plum cake, plum pudding and Yule log, marzipans glittering with a coat of sugar, and delightful creations such as nougat, truffle and gateaux.
Colour is a giddy delight. Times, Sunday Times
She played the tambourine, the xylophone, and the harmonica, all to our swooning hearts' delight.
The finale is a joyous fantasia on much of the music deployed earlier with such skill and evident delight.
The Cameo cinema in Edinburgh has just announced an Eighties all-nighter, featuring saccharine delights such as Pretty in Pink and Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
On behalf of tiny snipers, we are delighted to invite you to join an iterative process of hematoid symposia to be held at the hinges of daily life. Dear Carl
My sister's little boy is a real delight.
Our first reaction is enthralled delight, but then ominous overtones register.
Last evening I had a note from Marion and she says they had a most delightful time at the Encaenia and spoke of two young gentlemen who graduated with the highest honors. Marguerite Verne
Hurst was also delighted to hear of Super League's decision to back his proposal for a board of directors free of club ties.
Julia smiled with delight. she was enjoying her walk down the quiet country lane towards the riverbank.
The impression of warmth and comfort and beauty predominated, though he was unable to analyze it; while the simplicity delighted him -- expensive simplicity, he decided, and most of it leftovers from the time her father went broke and died. Chapter XVIII
I didn't think the theme fill was that strong, in that two were puns (MONGREL EMPIRE and the delightful MUTTVILLE NINE) while the third, CUR CURRICULUM, seemed to be just a kind of homonymic construction. Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
At other times it provokes genuine, childish delight, the wonderment of having stumbled across a secret.
Fresh basil may well be the signature herb of summer, perfuming our gardens and flavoring our foods with its delightful clovelike essence.
Samantha went round and was delighted to find it was Danielle's chair - and was undamaged.
Instead, there is always freshness and a delight in storytelling all too often absent from weighty academic history.
He filled the embassies in which he worked with items from his collection so that others could share his delight in these objects. Times, Sunday Times
The very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.
Mumbai is a mixture of great wealth and extreme poverty, delightful colonial buildings alongside shanty huts. Times, Sunday Times
There were times when it was hard, when one or other of us would be crying out for more, be it moving in, or more often a cry for the delights of sexual intimacy.
How the books (not having been chosen with reference to this great event) were of awkward sizes, and did not make comfortable paving for the bottom of the trunk; whilst folded stockings may be called the packer's delight, from their usefulness to fill up corners. Mrs. Overtheway's Remembrances
Grecian; they had laughing eyes their figures were models for an artist with — “Turgide, brune, e ritondette mamme.” like the ‘bending statue’ that delights the world. The Life of Sir Richard Burton
The children unwrapped their Christmas presents with delight.
They seem like grizzled, wild-eyed children delighted with today's adventure.
From a flurry of delighted children sledging down a snowswept street in Bath to policemen joining in with group of teenagers having a snowball fight in Poole - your pics are helping us capture Britain as it is swept by snow.
This guitar is a delight to play.
He was muttering incessantly to himself, as if delighted at having found his tongue, his head swaying on his shoulders, and a strange murmur, soft, birdlike, meaningless, like sounds heard from a vast distance, coming from his wide-open mouth. Vandover and the Brute
But Gallagher, a noted poet, was delighted with the way Altman "metamorphosed" the stories. The Player Returns
He delights in the society of brilliant painters, singers and musicians.
After a night of no sleep and mopping the flat, I had a delightful day of dealing with various squads of plumbers.
Now I, "says the saucy piece, teasing my lips with hers," have true lovers, because I delight to give pleasure as well as to take it - especially with my English bahadur. Flashman And The Mountain Of Light
My sister's little boy is a real delight.
I am delighted to see that he has also dissociated us from the objectionable features of article 104B regarding fiscal deficits.
That delights the band's publicist who has been telling us that this is a return to the era when album launches were hyper-expensive, orgiastic affairs that lasted all day and are still remembered.
Finding a new event and delightful music as clear as crystal.
Many respectable scholars flirt with this stage, and some seem to delight in flaunting their embrace of it; their more staid colleagues are usually indulgent. Did you know that Jews control the Washington Post? [Bumped.] - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
delighting" to the man according to one part of him, and to take it away according to the other part of him. The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2
Hunkin's page coincided with our acquisition of this book by the delightfully-named Shifty Burke, Memoirs of a safe-breaker, published by Arthur Baker Ltd in 1966.
I look past the rain-stained signposts directing the Berkshire motorist towards the delights of Wokingham or Earley.
Harry felt in his blood with what calming delight and fulfilment his enemy would embrace the lie that made him the victor.
As he introduces another series showcasing the culinary delights of his homeland, he sends a tongue-in-cheek warning to other celeb chefs. The Sun
While some are delighted to be rid of the nine-to-five routine, many miss a career. Times, Sunday Times
Miró himself was an artist whose utterly distinctive early work had great beauty of form and color, and whose fecund imagery delights and amuses.
I was delighted to play alongside him for one last time; I wanted to play with my old mucker before he retired and went home to Iceland.
Watching your child explore the world about her can open your eyes to delights long forgotten.
The candidates were delighted that the public came to cheer them on and present leis of flowers to wish them luck.
He had a delightful impishness which was to be a hallmark of his character throughout his life.
But none have needed this much attention, never leaving his side even at work, much to the delight of colleagues.
Dementieva's best moment of the day came during the trophy presentation when she spoke in fluent French to the delight of the crowd. USATODAY.com - Myskina beats Dementieva to win French Open title
She was receiving a delightful potted history of a handful of her family's objects. The Sun
Yet in delight he flew a loop to landing, with a snap roll just before touchdown.
Stick His headlong celebration dive showed his delight. The Sun
While the father and sister were delighted with the crackle, sparkle and pleasant aroma of the bits of spicewood, as Abe tossed them upon the fire, no one could appreciate the thoughtful act of the boy so much as his mother. The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln
I am delighted to assure the questioner that I would not support any regime that I regarded as punitive.
Directed by Aroona Irani who also acts in it, its hour long-episodes have of late been hitting enough of an emotional pitch to delight those who love a well-made tear-jerker.
Will the sounds of those delightful Sichuan sitcoms be silenced forever?
His letters, like his poetry, are life-enhancing and a delight.
By the heyday of the binder's craft, the early to mid eighteenth century, two types of leather were recognized as the best: skiver, or lambskin, which was strong but so thin that it scarcely required any paring, and Moroccan goatskin, which was highly valued for its skiver-like characteristics combined with its delightful reddish color. Books: Modernity's Abuse of an Art
Poor Gloria, " she said, although she was secretly delighted.
I see the lights of the Navy in darkness - the masthead lights, and red and green sidelights and stern lights.
Her face had a look of pure delight.
The girls, delighted by their little play, laughed merrily and forgot about the gossip.
It was cool without being chill, and took the warmth of one's hand flatteringly soon, as if it liked to do so, yet kept its freshness; it was smooth without being glossy, mat as a pearl, and as delightful to roll in the hand; and of an exquisite, alarming frangibility that gave it, in its small way, that flavour which belongs to pleasures that are dogged by the danger of a violent end. The Judge
It's a delightful piece of absurdist nonsense, a sitcom designed to offend highbrow admirers of minimalist dance.
Alice squealed with sheer delight when she saw the monkeys.
Even they can bless God for the natural delights of this life.
First the candy: Known as Mozart Kugeln, packed in a delightful red tin with tiny portraitures of the composer, these are deluxe confections exquisitely filled with marzipan, made from "fresh green pistachios, almonds and rich hazelnut-nougat, enrobed with delicious milk and bitter chocolates. Rozanne Gold: Tastes of the Week
They were also undelighted by the jester holding a parrot. Times, Sunday Times
He was delighted to hear a cheery yodel. Times, Sunday Times
Hence, the MoBiA exhibition appeals to interests ranging from theology and the complexities of interpretation to the aesthetic delights of bibliophilia. Four Centuries of Love and Suffering for the Word
Lock yourself in for a gastronomic delight. The Sun
He has almost given up hunting which was his greatest delight.
The radio erupts in squeals of delight. Times, Sunday Times
She actually envied the simplicity of Lucy Morris, for whom she delighted to find evil names, calling her demure, a prig, a sly puss, and so on. The Eustace Diamonds
And Allah vouchsafed him children by her, and they both lived the gladdest and happiest of lives, till there came to them the Destroyer of delights and the Severer of societies and the The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The darling yellow trumpets are thrusting up in fir and birch woods across Scotland for our delight. Times, Sunday Times
Where many actors hide behind their characters, you do seem to delight in revealing yourself.
Dora is engaged to a pompous young bigwig of local fascist society, to the evident delight of her ambitious mother.
The "hup" was rather an exclamation of necessity than of delight, inasmuch as that it was caused by Davie coming suddenly down flat on the ice in the act of vainly attempting to go leap-frog over Mivins's head. The World of Ice
All three expressed their delight at the news and had fought hard to retain the existing system.
His technical skill guarantees admirable clarity in the midst of complex counterpoints, and there is a delightful sense of well-being about the performances.
You gummed the pieces with sheer delight, making mmmm, mmmm noises and waving your hands like some beauty pageant winner on a float being pulled down Main Street.
Mademoiselle herself looked worthy of her squire, for her dark, animated face stood the test of the unrelieved whiteness so successfully, that she was all ablush with delight at the discovery that she was not an old woman after all, but on occasion could still look as girlish as she felt. Pixie O'Shaughnessy
They give a fine account of the Overture in C minor which has some delightful work for bassoon.
He'd have been delighted to see how we played - so that one is for him. The Sun
They were delighted someone they knew had won the award, and no doubt their excitement gave Rhonda a thrill too.
Before you went through security there was a whole world of gastronomic delights and boutique retail experiences. Times, Sunday Times
Throughout the house, the views are a constant source of surprise and delight.
He also delighted in seeing the girls team achieve such honour and glory over the past five years.
At the top, a contemporary version of a belvedere frames a final breathtaking vista before visitors immerse themselves in the dense fabric and delights of the historic centre.
M. le Comte's guests followed closely on the triumphant bridegroom's heels: M. le préfet, fussy and nervous, secretly delighted at the idea of affixing his official signature to such an aristocratic _contrat de mariage_ as was this between M.le. de Cambray de Brestalou and M. Victor de M.rmont, own nephew to M.rshal the duc de Raguse; M.dame la préfète, resplendent in the latest fashion from Paris, the Duc and Duchesse d'Embrun, cousins of the bride, the Vicomte de Génevois and his mother, who was Abbess of Pont Haut and godmother by proxy to Crystal de The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days
Styled on the popular Parisian boulevard cafes, this delightful family restaurant overlooks the exotic lagoon-style pool.
Even in our sensual days the strength of delight is in its seldomness or rarity, and sting in its satiety; mediocrity is its life, and immoderacy its confusion. A History of Elizabethan Literature
Little dishes of arancini, courgette fries and rabbit cacciatore are some of the delights. Times, Sunday Times
Yes, it is all a bit familiar - but, sadly, nowhere near as delightfully absurd and unrepentantly silly as the Ghostbusters movies.
His music is sheer delight.
The fish is sautéed with herbs and chili peppers, which take the excess grease from the fish, creating a light yet delightfully spicy taste.
And I was delighted to see the treatment for this film, focusing in on New York City as a biodiverse environment.
In fact, Diane enjoyed these delightful juvenilities all the more keenly because she knew that she could put an end to them at any moment. Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
But as he lay and devoured the new 'white breid,' his satisfaction -- the bare delight of his animal existence -- reached a pitch such as even this imagination, stinted with poverty, and frost-bitten with maternal oppression, had never conceived possible. Robert Falconer
For me, that it's built to extremely high standards is a constant delight. Times, Sunday Times
The Beaujolais vignerons, just outside the border, were delighted.
It is a hot, sweet and sour delight that you can make time and again for use with fish and chicken dishes, or as a dipping sauce for spring rolls, poppadoms and savouries.
Gordon Richards's star novice created a tremendous impression when beating Dreamers Delight at Doncaster and possesses scope for considerable improvement.
Maybe it's not too much to say that our delight also makes us repent of the ways we fail to share our bountiful and abundant food when many are starving.
Bley plays acoustic piano in duo with Steve Swallow, and their rapport projects extraordinary warmth on this delightful album.
A very smart bunch who appeared to take great delight in posing and trotting about the place.
The mastery of each instrument and the cohesion and beauty of the orchestra was a transport of delight for this audience.
While her works have consistently pointed to a delightful connection between ourselves and our things, here she seemed to explore that connection down to an elemental level.
They delight in playing tricks on mortals, though they will cease to give trouble if politely requested to do so.
I could see his face, could see its changing passions, progenitive agony, frustration and delight. THE KINDEST USE A KNIFE
The kitchen of this delightful cottage is fully equipped with all mod cons including a dishwasher.
The new concerto is a delightful piece with an exquisite central slow movement," he said. Vivaldi flute concerto discovered
Some say that chocolate gives consumers delights of euphoric content, I say it does not give me that.
Fans were delighted to hear their old adversary, Argentina, had crashed out of the tournament by failing to beat Sweden.
In 1619 the Company sent ninety women to delight the men and assure the future of the colony.
It is also true that several novelists, such as Carpentier and Fuentes, delight in weaving elaborate, formal patterns.
The angels said, "Who does not know that the delights of conjugial love exceed those of all other loves? and who cannot see, that into some love are collected all the blessednesses, satisfactions, and delights, which can possibly be conferred by the Lord, and that the receptacle thereof is love truly conjugial, which is capable of receiving and perceiving them fully and sensibly? The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love
I was delighted to make my league debut. Times, Sunday Times
Nethili, kanava, pomfret, seer, crab, tiger prawn and sand lobster are cooked in Indian, Chinese styles, Kababs, deep-fried and dry-fried, a truly gastronomic delight.
Some politicians prefer the bad old days when power was delightful and absolute power was absolutely delightful. Times, Sunday Times
A friend of his, who had held it, had enlarged upon the delightful hypocrisy of the sleepy little capital, where everything was engineered and "wangled" for the comfort of the A Mummer's Tale
They were fond of perfumes, and their delightful ottar was the principal favourite. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 380, July 11, 1829
His family said that, despite dealing in the recovery of hundreds of millions of pounds, he delighted in simple pleasures. Times, Sunday Times
He beginneth not with obscure definitions, which must blur the margent with interpretations, and load the memory with doubtfulness: but he cometh to you with words sent in delightful proportion, either accompanied with, or prepared for the well enchanting skill of music; and with a tale forsooth he cometh unto you: with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney corner. English literary criticism
Covered with eye images and other biomorphic motifs (that frequently recall eccentric abstractionists such as Myron Stout and Nicholas Krushenick), these unreal botanical specimens exhibit a delightful variety.
Head low as the sun grew higher in the sky, he breathed in the fresh, sweet air with a hint of delighted content.
The Koran describes paradise as a place containing a garden of delight.
The users, however, were not entirely delighted when messages with a subject starting with " - SPAM ‘began arriving in their inboxes, with blocks of technospeak at the top and no human-readable HTML messages.’
I am, however, sincerely delighted to congratulate you on the achievement of a personal goal.
She gurgled her delight.
lives of unending hedonistic delight
Anne dropped on her knees and gazed out into the June morning, her eyes glistening with delight. Anne of Green Gables
This rectory is a delightful place to be in, in warm weather; but in winter, it must be the reverse of comfortable; all the room-windows opening as doors into the garden, vines hanging over them, &c., &c. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
There is much evidence of lovingness in the work, particularly in the delightful rendering of the smallest of creatures.
I fancy it was delightless to the husband as to the wife - just turning her twenty-first year, and learning for the first time in her sheltered life the taste of privation. Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life,
She took no more pleasure or delight in the world. Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1715
There were many happy faces there from home, all delighted to welcome the touring party.
Yet they delighted in the constant movement of the ocean, fascinated by the pounding waves and pulling undertows.
One group unpacked a sumptuous meal of steaming lasagna and other gourmet delights, along with the requisite bottle of vintage wine.
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. Charles Dickens
Stick His headlong celebration dive showed his delight. The Sun
Whom those resemble that are morose, unsociable, and unconversable, and affect a melancholy retirement; they are like these solitary creatures that take delight in desolations. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)
The bathrooms were welcomed with delight, and standards of popular cleanliness made great advances.
The dim sum was contained in small bamboo food steamers, tiny but delightful, so that you could order varied dishes.
Gordon Richards's star novice created a tremendous impression when beating Dreamers Delight at Doncaster and possesses scope for considerable improvement.
He took an almost gleeful delight in showing how wrong they can be.
To my delight, it really is frilled and ruffled.
Silverberg delights with travelogues to Alexandria, Mohenjo-Daro, and a futuristic New Chicago, all of which were absolutely delightful and worthwhile in themselves. Archive 2009-10-01
I just love the texture and lightness of tempura batter and was delighted our prawns also came with a few bite-size servings of tempura vegetables.
The human body is delightful and, if more than one person is depicted in a painting, the artist should show the admiration of the other. Times, Sunday Times
Everyone was delighted, Eleanor Mercer most of all, because she had had real faith in Bessie, and it was a triumph for her to know that her faith had not been misplaced. The Camp Fire Girls in the Woods, or Bessie King's First Council Fire
I let out a mental crow of delight as I discover that I can control where I'm going.
To my great delight, it worked perfectly.
Great action, good characters, good acting, good villains, a good story: I came out of the cinema grinning with delight.
Then it's one of great joy and delight to share with the fans. The Sun
Giggling with delight, he fished through the styrofoam peanuts and retrieved a length of silk, folded about three inches wide and almost two feet long, then tied with a ribbon.
My wife and I are very delighted to hear the news of your marriage.We send you both our love and hope you will have nothing but joy and happiness in your life together.
Mr. George Constable, filled in perhaps unconsciously from the author's own life; for he, no less than his friend, delighted in collecting relics, and in studying out the lines, prætoria, and general castrametation of the English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction
For diners who simply cannot get enough of Penang's famed hawker delights, check out the nasi pattaya, char koay teow, teo chew mee sua and satay. Surf while dining in style
Joe, Pink, and Booker howled with delight.
I am delighted to see that he has also dissociated us from the objectionable features of article 104B regarding fiscal deficits.
But this morning he will be absolutely delighted to be in the fourth round. The Sun
The almost-familiar music is great fun and the major source of delight in this show.
Young's Bluecrest is the biggest seafood producer in the UK and has thrown an interesting sidelight on the debate about cod stocks.
I have noted that many individuals appear to take particular delight in ripping apart errors in journal articles. The Volokh Conspiracy » God Forbid That Some For-Profit Business Should Benefit While You Help People
The story of the purchase of Sarah's burial plot is comedy, and comedy frequently takes delight in debunking heroes.
I held it up so she could see and she let out a delighted squeal.
My childhood and adolescence were a joyous outpouring of energy, a ceaseless quest for expression, skill, and experience. School was only a background to the supreme delight of lessons in music, dance, and dramatics, and the thrill of sojourns in the country, theaters, concerts.
The not-guilty verdicts were greeted with cries of delight and tears from some defendants and applause from the gallery.
The only person who comes forward to defend the McCanns seems to be an "army wife, army mother" who posts as Vancysgu, citing a book called The Skinback Fusiliers, which the Arrsers also delight in slagging off because it portrays trainees at Catterick Garrison in Yorkshire as "a gang of nasty little plonkers". Hugh Muir's diary
The same smirking, self-delighted narcissist will remain beamingly oblivious to how much we, Democrats everywhere, and informed men and women of good will around the globe loathe him and the ground he walks on. Election Central Morning Roundup
Haig took obvious delight in proving his critics wrong.
Its illustrations - detailed, accurate, and delightful - portray plants ranging from Aegyptian water lily to zebra-flowered arum, commonly known as jack-in-the-pulpit.
The delighted pensioner walked off with a ￡2,000 prize.
Some might find that a bit too donnish, but his glossaries of rare or lost words are a delight. Times, Sunday Times
This guitar is a delight to play.
His chief delight at present is playing voluntaries, which certainly would not be called music if performed by one of riper years, being deficient in harmony and measure; but they manifest such a discernment and selection of notes as is truly wonderful, and which, if spontaneous, would surprize at any age. On prodigies
I feel torn between two conflicting impulses - my desire to be taken seriously as an intellectual, and my desire to share with others the absurd things that delight me.
The Spanish Pyrenees with their imposing peaks and delightful valleys are rich in traditional values and folklore.
It was not merely the delight of a stolen half-holiday and a game of golf again. Times, Sunday Times
The band often finds a radio-ravaged fan after a show who expresses surprise and delight in the retro sound.
Thoughtful jazz lovers of all degrees of musical literacy ought to be delighted and enlightened by Gioia's yeomanly effort.

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