DELIGHT in a Sentence
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260 example sentences for DELIGHT, such as:
1. We delight in the beauties of nature.
2. My sister's little boy is a real delight.
3. She held her breath with wonder and delight.
4. Some people delight in the misfortunes of others.
5. She won the game easily, to the delight of all her fans.
2. My sister's little boy is a real delight.
3. She held her breath with wonder and delight.
4. Some people delight in the misfortunes of others.
5. She won the game easily, to the delight of all her fans.
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Meanings and Examples of DELIGHT
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delight
v. hold spellbound
v. take delight in
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I am already far north of London, and as I walk in the streets of Petersburgh, I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight.
2 I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight.
3 The passionate and almost reverential attachment with which all regarded her became, while I shared it, my pride and my delight.
4 I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight; they appeared to me treasures known to few besides myself.
5 I remained, while the storm lasted, watching its progress with curiosity and delight.
6 The astonishment which I had at first experienced on this discovery soon gave place to delight and rapture.
7 Nothing could equal my delight on seeing Clerval; his presence brought back to my thoughts my father, Elizabeth, and all those scenes of home so dear to my recollection.
8 One day, when I was oppressed by cold, I found a fire which had been left by some wandering beggars, and was overcome with delight at the warmth I experienced from it.
9 I cannot describe the delight I felt when I learned the ideas appropriated to each of these sounds and was able to pronounce them.
10 My senses were gratified and refreshed by a thousand scents of delight and a thousand sights of beauty.
11 Felix seemed peculiarly happy and with smiles of delight welcomed his Arabian.
12 While I improved in speech, I also learned the science of letters as it was taught to the stranger, and this opened before me a wide field for wonder and delight.
13 The possession of these treasures gave me extreme delight; I now continually studied and exercised my mind upon these histories, whilst my friends were employed in their ordinary occupations.
14 And you, my friend, would be far more amused with the journal of Clerval, who observed the scenery with an eye of feeling and delight, than in listening to my reflections.
15 I love Elizabeth and look forward to our union with delight.
Example Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
1 He took an almost gleeful delight in showing how wrong they can be.
2 Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
3 She held her breath with wonder and delight.
4 My sister's little boy is a real delight.
5 Evans could barely contain his delight: "I'm so proud of her," he said.
6 She won the game easily, to the delight of all her fans.
7 The magnificent scene of the waterfall is a perfect delight to the eye.
8 To his delight a familiar, tall, languid figure lowered itself down the steps of a club.
9 The Koran describes paradise as a place containing a garden of delight.
10 A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight.
11 The very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.
12 His mind was reeling with an almost aesthetic delight at the beauty of the thing.
13 We delight in the beauties of nature.
14 Some people delight in the misfortunes of others.
15 In his poems everyday reality is invested with a sense of wonder and delight.