How To Use Delighted In A Sentence
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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
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We are extremely delighted to hear of your scholarship to Beijing University.You are worthy of success.Best wishes for your bright future.
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I'm delighted that our local communities and voluntary groups are taking the lead on renewable energy for lighting and heating.
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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.
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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
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Hurst was also delighted to hear of Super League's decision to back his proposal for a board of directors free of club ties.
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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
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Samantha went round and was delighted to find it was Danielle's chair - and was undamaged.
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They seem like grizzled, wild-eyed children delighted with today's adventure.
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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.
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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
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But Gallagher, a noted poet, was delighted with the way Altman "metamorphosed" the stories.
The Player Returns
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I am delighted to see that he has also dissociated us from the objectionable features of article 104B regarding fiscal deficits.
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While some are delighted to be rid of the nine-to-five routine, many miss a career.
Times, Sunday Times
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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.
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The candidates were delighted that the public came to cheer them on and present leis of flowers to wish them luck.
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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
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I am delighted to assure the questioner that I would not support any regime that I regarded as punitive.
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Poor Gloria, " she said, although she was secretly delighted.
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The girls, delighted by their little play, laughed merrily and forgot about the gossip.
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They were also undelighted by the jester holding a parrot.
Times, Sunday Times
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He was delighted to hear a cheery yodel.
Times, Sunday Times
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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
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He'd have been delighted to see how we played - so that one is for him.
The Sun
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They were delighted someone they knew had won the award, and no doubt their excitement gave Rhonda a thrill too.
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He also delighted in seeing the girls team achieve such honour and glory over the past five years.
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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
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And I was delighted to see the treatment for this film, focusing in on New York City as a biodiverse environment.
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The Beaujolais vignerons, just outside the border, were delighted.
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Fans were delighted to hear their old adversary, Argentina, had crashed out of the tournament by failing to beat Sweden.
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I was delighted to make my league debut.
Times, Sunday Times
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His family said that, despite dealing in the recovery of hundreds of millions of pounds, he delighted in simple pleasures.
Times, Sunday Times
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Head low as the sun grew higher in the sky, he breathed in the fresh, sweet air with a hint of delighted content.
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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.’
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I am, however, sincerely delighted to congratulate you on the achievement of a personal goal.
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There were many happy faces there from home, all delighted to welcome the touring party.
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Yet they delighted in the constant movement of the ocean, fascinated by the pounding waves and pulling undertows.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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I am delighted to see that he has also dissociated us from the objectionable features of article 104B regarding fiscal deficits.
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But this morning he will be absolutely delighted to be in the fourth round.
The Sun
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I held it up so she could see and she let out a delighted squeal.
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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
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The delighted pensioner walked off with a ￡2,000 prize.
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Thoughtful jazz lovers of all degrees of musical literacy ought to be delighted and enlightened by Gioia's yeomanly effort.
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Analytical scientists should be delighted, because it is not often that those who develop workhorse instrumental techniques are awarded the ultimate accolade for chemistry.
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The 31-year-old job hunter was delighted when she received an appointment for a job interview.
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We wanted to take Park & Ride to the next level and we are delighted they are coming.
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We are delighted to welcome him back into the fold.
The Sun
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Her face broke into a delighted grin.
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The Welsh rugby fan said he was delighted to meet Sir Clive Woodward, who was at the palace to receive his knighthood.
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Delighted locals thronged the streets and waved flags to honour the men and women.
The Sun
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People have been delighted by the response to their films, charmed by the courtesy and enthusiasm of the festival staff.
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When time came for a lunch break, some players were delighted.
SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
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Many people delighted in taking Sunday walks out Sherman avenue and dropping into the malthouse where they drank several beers, chatted about old times, and then resumed their journeys. ...
Archive 2008-12-01
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FOR years, he has delighted in teasing his older brother about his hair loss.
Times, Sunday Times
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I was delighted to make my league debut.
Times, Sunday Times
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As we depend on the support of the public to raise funds we will be delighted to see as many people as possible on the night.
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And what opponents of the United States could not be delighted that the current administration, in the name of unrealizable ideals, has made a project of destabilizing the whole world by abandoning friendly countries and allies because it is too delicate and self-concerned to tolerate that they are at times unsavory?
Memorial Day Beyond Stone and Steel
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If you fancy a bit of camogie, or women's shinty, to keep you active over the winter, this friendly club will be delighted to welcome you to the fold.
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On this St. Patrick's Day, I am delighted to welcome Prime Minister Reynolds, called Taoiseach in his country, to the White House.
Presidents Remarks Annual Presentation Of Bowl Of Shamrocks
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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.
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Though Id never heard Eau Claire called the City of Bridges, I was both surprised and delighted by this discovery
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Borderers, buccaneers, robber, and humorsome people, like Dugald Dalgetty and Bailie Nicol Jarvie and Macwheeble, whom he said he preferred to any person in “Waverley,” were the characters he delighted in.
Waverley
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They were highly delighted at the court's decision.
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I was delighted with the country victualler terrine that came with two slices of fresh toast and mixed salad leaves.
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You'll be delighted to know she has a cast-iron stomach.
Times, Sunday Times
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Initially both brothers found they were delighted with the arrangement.
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When she sees him, her eyes widen, and she smiles a delighted grin.
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Gouffran is also delighted with how things are going on Tyneside.
The Sun
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This year we felt the sculptors were more ambitious then ever and our 120 exhibitors were delighted with the turnout.
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But I don't think my amorous rival Pascoe was too delighted to receive advice and assistance from me.
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On one part of the shore of the river, he was delighted by the appearance of a great number of plants, of a species of oenothera, each plant being covered with hundreds of large golden yellow flowers.
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe
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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.
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My diabetologist is delighted by my sudden compliance; I am a much better patient than I was.
After the Diagnosis
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It's a schizoid record that delighted and confused critics.
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Irish heritage campaigners delighted as city street vendors begin selling small bundles of old fashioned fresh shamrocks for £2.50.
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No more than in Herod, who “heard the word gladly;” or in the Jews, when the preaching of Ezekiel was “pleasant” or desirable to them; or in those described Isa.lviii. 2, who “sought God daily, and delighted to know his ways,” in the midst of their abominable practices.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed
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If we give up our vague, devastating quest, I suspect the Iraqis will have a lot of suddenly frantic help from the chaos-sponsors and bystanders in their neighborhood, the countries which have been so deeply delighted at the ongoing spectacle of America's ignorant blunder, at the unhoped-for crippling of America, at the astonishing waste of American lives and resources.
Frank Dwyer: Better Numbers
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Paddy who was a former miner was delighted with the birthday cake, in the shape of an old tram full of coal.
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Because of that, and because the side was so good in those days, a lot of teams went there with a defeatist attitude and were delighted if they managed to escape with even a point but that's not the case any more.
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He delighted in the young and was assiduous in attendance at the Oxford Union, where he was senior librarian.
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The enormous crowds delighted show organisers who had feared they may have deserted the event after last year's cancellation.
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English wine producers were delighted that the Chancellor had recognised their sparkling wines.
Times, Sunday Times
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‘I am delighted that we have such an impressive array of honorary graduands lined up for next year's degree ceremonies.’
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Delighted crowds cheered on a spectacular carnival of colourful floats and bands on Saturday.
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I'm delighted each year has surpassed the previous one and that is the aim again.
The Sun
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It was in fact a kind of nuptial hymn, which, taking its start from the thought of nature as the universal mother, celebrated the preliminary pairing and mating together of all fresh things, in the hot and genial spring-time -- the immemorial nuptials of the soul of spring itself and the brown earth; and was full of a delighted, mystic sense of what passed between them in that fantastic marriage.
Marius the Epicurean — Volume 1
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But the actor, best known as crotchety one-legged pensioner Winston from Still Game, is delighted to have come through the eventful season with what he believes is a fantastic second series of his hit sitcom.
The Daily Record - Home
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For 800 of those 850 pages I was transported, absorbed, unsettled and delighted; but scunnered by the cop-out.
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She had, it is true, no fortune, but that of my friend was ample; and he delighted in the anticipation of indulging her in every elegant pursuit, and administering to those delicate tastes and fancies that spread a kind of witchery about the sex. — “Her life,” said he, “shall be like a fairy tale.”
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon
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We are delighted that KITT, manufacturers of quality equestrian products and safety items, are sponsoring these events.
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Delighted with my kurta (for the Rehearsal Dinner), I am thinking of going back to see how an embroidered long linen jacket would look over the old dress I am planning to wear to the wedding itself.
Jean's Knitting
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When Tommy learned that "distending" meant that his stomach was being stretched, he was delighted.
The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause
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Should we be apoplectic with rage or surprisingly delighted?
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How often we discussed what was on TV that night, what old movies there were to enjoy, what new sitcoms delighted, what shows in rerun she relished.
Tom Teicholz: Ten Years After
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Ireland's artisans delighted us with their heart, their stamina and their unflagging will to win - they fully deserved in the end to beat Spain's artistas, but were denied.
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Collage provided substance, a materiality, that surprised and delighted.
The Times Literary Supplement
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If we win the match we'll be delighted, however it happens.
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Welcome you heartily and anticipate the coorpation between us delightedly!
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She was delighted with the lightly-toasted brown bread and thinly sliced grilled tomatoes.
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Such a nice bibliomaniacal fancy must have delighted Dibdin; and as he was at one time librarian at Althorpe, he doubtless was the medium of bestowing this charm upon the binding of his own work for his friend.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865
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But I don't think my amorous rival Pascoe was too delighted to receive advice and assistance from me.
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Twain delighted to have "Squire Hawkins" sit upon "the pyramid of large blocks called the stile, in front of his home, contemplating the morning.
Sergeant York And His People
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But our ancestors were necessarily limited in their pleasures, and to them Richmond was a God-send, especially to men like Selwyn, or Queensberry, or Walpole, who delighted in social intercourse, and liked to enjoy what they called rustic life with as much comfort as the age provided.
George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life
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I'd be delighted to know what your solution to this conundrum might be since it assuredly has nothing to do with +front environments or palatalization.
Linear A treatment of consonant clusters
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It didn't reach a U.S. viewership until the '90s, where it delighted insomniacs and stoners on late-night television.
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At a time when the Church was desperate to believe that Earth was the centre of the universe, pluralist de Fontanelle delighted in a contrary concept.
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Countless women have been simply delighted by this charming and vivacious woman.
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Studio Ghibli does excellent dubbing, but I was delighted to hear the Japanese voices for once.
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Yesterday she launched a blistering attack on the gleeful liberals who have delighted in her husband's troubles.
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Voice over Meanwhile downstairs neighbour Nikki Davies was delighted with her gas bills.
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I was delighted by the news and willingly paid my dues.
Broken Lives
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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.
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We were privileged and delighted to receive Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall as official guests on Thursday 24 July.
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His wife was surprised and-after she got over the shock-delighted when he also made all the arrangements with the travel agent.
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While the children were delighted by the presence of the smaller breeds like pugs and miniature pinscher, the body language of the grown-ups revealed a liking towards bigger breeds like great Danes and German shepherds.
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Soloists find them as multifaceted as the album title, a phrase conveying at least four different meanings - delighted, face-painted, improvised, differences settled.
Evening Standard - Home
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Delighted civic leaders said the decision would boost the city's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games.
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People delighted in decoding the physiognomy of the ordinary faces that crowded the pages of the popular press.
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“Confound the nyctalopia!” said Paganel, inwardly, though delighted to be of any service to his friend.
In Search of the Castaways
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Delving deep into their oeuvre, the band blasted out their tiresome inanities to the delighted faithful.
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Poppy, delighted to be the centre of attention, simply sat down and basked in the glory but budge one inch she would not.
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I'm delighted to receive the announcement of your marriage and now send you and your Frank my sincere congratulations and best wishes for a happy and harmonious life together.
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Eliza was delighted to the point of giddiness.
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It was done with a Pecksniffian relish, a delighted going-through-the-motions, that did not want or expect to be believed.
THE DISPOSAL OF THE LIVING
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Academy chairman, David Parkinson was delighted to receive the cheque and hear of the move to triennial funding.
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A correspondent of Mr. Knight's suggests {114} for the word _delight_ in this passage, also, a new derivation; using _de_ as a negation, and _light (lux), delighted_, removed from the regions of light.
Notes and Queries, Number 38, July 20, 1850
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Maria had been delighted to find someone so outrageous at the college's late - August opening year cocktail party.
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Delighted civic leaders said the decision would boost the city's bid to host the 2000 Olympic Games.
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The delighted looks on their faces presumably also help him chase away the suspicion that he is boring.
Times, Sunday Times
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Delighted to see my old mucker Bob McLean has a new book out charting the history of the Campaign for a Scottish Assembly / Parliament.
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My brother and I walked in delighted by our fear, and laid our open palms on the wet yellow sawdust.
James wright | the ice house « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
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You obviously know the value of being fit and slim, so you should be delighted your wife is aiming for that.
The Sun
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This calumny would be delightedly used by Caesar's enemies throughout his life to imply his homosexuality.
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Or make some patronising remark about her cute rear end and how he would be delighted to give her a lift over?
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I am delighted to announce that there is now legal protection for the lesser whirlpool ramshorn snail.
Times, Sunday Times
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To say he was delighted with it is understating the case.
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Store bosses decided to award the bonus to delighted Teresa Elliott and hubby Steve after learning about the multiple birth.
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None was delighted by the question, because it required judging the past by the standards of today — a fallacy disparaged as "presentism" by social scientists.
1491
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But they were delighted and amazed when he turned up safe, but very thin and sooty, after an incredible four weeks stuck inside a neighbour's chimney.
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He counts himself lucky that his parents, delighted he wanted to write, bought him a typewriter when he was 14.
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Radicalism shown by the men of highest education among the aristocratic classes themselves, the English Conservatives were delighted to find a man of great ability and striking eloquence, who seemed to have a religious conviction that "Toryism" was the only means of saving society and ensuring progress.
The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
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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.
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It is not to Tolkien's prose that we respond; it is to his fecund, delighted, heroic imagination, his unerring moral compass, his hold to the idea of the timeless struggle between good and evil which gave birth to an entire genre.
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All good wishes for a safe and delighted voyage!
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Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe.
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Their prime customer, a manufacturer of metal cans, was delighted.
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She often dropped her into the conversation and was particularly delighted by all the pictures she had found while she was unpacking boxes in the new house.
Times, Sunday Times
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I was delighted when we won the referendum and becoming a member of the parliament was the icing on the cake.
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It was something I'd heard of, and I was prepared to sneer or cringe as two low-brows reduced films to thumbs up or down and was delighted to find a programme which featured unselfconscious intelligent discussion.
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Teddy-bear that the matter had to be adjusted by distracting his attention in the direction of some drilling soldiers, while Wally concealed the toy under the embroidered rug which protected the plump legs of the "duchess" -- who submitted with delighted gurgles to being tickled under the chin.
Captain Jim
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At a Celebration of Reading ceremony in 2001, the president rattled off a dozen of his own lulus to a delighted audience.
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When Amy Poehler and Melissa McCarthy joked at Sunday night's Emmy awards ceremony that they were delighted to see men finally breaking through with "meaty roles" no longer simply seen as "handsome, pretty-pretty things to look at", it was a moment that as uncomfortable as it was funny.
The Playboy Club: men only
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He was dressed in his official robes, had two sheriffs and a macebearer, and when he stood at the top of the grand staircase he was an imposing figure and the public was delighted with him.
My First Years As A Frenchwoman, 1876-1879
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And therefore I'm delighted to have this group circling us of young people who are working on these issues.
Smithsonian Mag
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Although we love our regular yard birds, every spring we are delighted with each migrant that returns to nest with us.
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The Queen was said to be ‘delighted’ with her new granddaughter, and pleased that mother and baby were doing well.
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With each swing, the chair made a flatulent sound, which delighted him.
AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
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Mong-ju divined as my brains, was executed by the paddle -- in short, was promptly and expeditiously beaten to death to the delighted shouts of the Keijo populace.
Chapter 15
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Beethoven delighted Rousseau's Romantic admirers with his demonstration of the moral force expressible in music.
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Bring your children along and they will be amazed and delighted by Zako's balloon sculpturing and face painting antics.
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I'm delighted that he is going to have a lovely semi-retirement with owners who will treat him well.
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Delighted to see that Wiki has an entry under "hubcap
Archive 2008-04-01
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Tenor Kei Fukui and coloratura soprano Yumika Watanabe delighted audiences with pieces from Rossini, Puccini and others.
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And therefore I'm delighted to have this group circling us of young people who are working on these issues.
Smithsonian Mag
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God (saith [6779] Fulgentius) is delighted in the conversion of a sinner, he sets no time; prolixitas temporis Deo non praejudicat, aut gravitas peccati, deferring of time or grievousness of sin, do not prejudicate his grace, things past and to come are all one to Him, as present: 'tis never too late to repent.
Anatomy of Melancholy
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She added a wry smile as three slightly confused expressions dissolved quickly into delighted laughter.
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the partners were delighted with the recognition of their work
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Blunkett is said to be privately delighted with Cathy Woodhead's perseverance.
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I grew up in France and delighted in teasing my English Dad by making him say millefeuille, grenouille and chapeau pointu!
Boss
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The delighted looks on their faces presumably also help him chase away the suspicion that he is boring.
Times, Sunday Times
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- he's rather ancient, but I'm sure he'd be delighted to officiate.
ON A WICKED DAWN
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I could not be more delighted that he scored his first Test half-century yesterday.
The Sun
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Delighted, Jim produced a photograph of himself as a forestry officer, 90 years later, crossing those same rivers in a dugout canoe paddled by natives and clutching his rifle.
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Mrs Cartwright said she would be only too delighted to present the prizes.
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And by crikey, doesn't she look highly delighted at this thoughtful gesture?
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They were delighted at the prospect of a little school in their midst and promised to send their children to her.
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Elizabeth styled him her pygmy; his enemies delighted in vilifying his "wry neck," "crooked back" and "splay foot," and in Bacon's essay "On Deformity," it was said, "the world takes notice that he paints out his little cousin to the life."
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i will make you happy when you are depressed. i will make you delighted when you are in great sorrow!
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This news delighted the Nova Scotia-born guitar slinger, who enthuses that he ‘feels like a new beginning’.
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The presence of the great whites has also delighted local marine biologists.
Times, Sunday Times
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The brothers delighted in their new-found reputation as the British film industry's curmudgeons.
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I am delighted that we have been able to put up so many lifebelts but we also need alarmed lifebelts.
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You can feel the enthusiasm as he delightedly chews every line for its last bit of glee and evil intent.
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Second, I am delighted that the name has a wider resonance in the showbiz and literary world.
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Bumptious is bumptious, and gumptious is gumptious," said the landlord, delighted to puzzle a Parson.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851
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The museum's keeper of environmental records Colin Howes was delighted to discover that it was the first recorded sighting of them in Doncaster.
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Since the wedding, the British press has dubbed Pippa "Her Royal Hotness" and delighted in her sex appeal, calling her "fabulously foxy".
NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
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Language intoxicated Vijayan; he delighted in the rhythms of Malayalam and its versatility in evoking the many moods of native landscapes and feeling.
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The Bailiff is delighted Princess Anne decided to visit the Islands.
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They were delighted to have me for Mass in their little church as the parish priest visited only every three months.
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He was very attentive to his work and duties and delighted in a job well done.
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He ate a good dinner of maccaroni, rice, squash, and bread; and I hope his mother will be here before night, to receive him from my hands in perfect order, and to be delighted with the babble which, for nearly three weeks past, has run like a brook through all my thoughts.
Commonplace: Father's Day, Sweet and Sour
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The French have long delighted in calling the English "rosbifs", due to our penchant for Sunday roasts.
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As for Chris, she was delighted with her new bag and lunch box, which she insisted on carrying even though they were heavier than her.
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Nineteenth-century travellers were ravished by the romantic spectacle of them, as they were delighted by the orientalism of the city itself, with its mysterious and lascivious suggestions of the east.
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He also delighted in seeing the girls team achieve such honour and glory over the past five years.
