DELIGHTFUL in a Sentence

Learn DELIGHTFUL from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
260 example sentences for DELIGHTFUL, such as:
1. My sister's little boy is a real delight.
2. She held her breath with wonder and delight.
3. The week passed away in a most delightful manner.
4. Each life likely is one full and the delightful fruit.
5. She won the game easily, to the delight of all her fans.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DELIGHTFUL
delightful
 a.  greatly pleasing or entertaining
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  The Westons will be with us, and it will be quite delightful.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
3  Affecting that air of playfulness, therefore, which is delightful in a woman one loves, she opened the letter directly, and read its contents.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 44
4  To her own heart it was a delightful affair, to her imagination it was even a ridiculous one, but to her reason, her judgment, it was completely a puzzle.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49
5  All this made the feast delightful, and when the waiter was not there to watch me, my pleasure was without alloy.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
6  Mr. Pocket was out lecturing; for, he was a most delightful lecturer on domestic economy, and his treatises on the management of children and servants were considered the very best text-books on those themes.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIII
7  We ate the whole of the toast, and drank tea in proportion, and it was delightful to see how warm and greasy we all got after it.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVII
8  I thanked him, and replied that I was sure I should be happy in such a delightful place.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE
9  For it was quite delightful to me, to find him so pleasant.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
10  It was perfectly delightful to behold with what enthusiasm Mr. Peggotty became inspired when he thought of his little favourite.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7. MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE
11  Now, the whole place was, or it should have been, quite as delightful a place as ever; and yet it did not impress me in the same way.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
12  To have all those noble Romans alive before me, and walking in and out for my entertainment, instead of being the stern taskmasters they had been at school, was a most novel and delightful effect.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
13  The week passed away in a most delightful manner.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21. LITTLE EM'LY
14  He maintained all his delightful qualities to the last, until we started forth, at eight o'clock, for Mr. Peggotty's boat.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21. LITTLE EM'LY
15  I told her how much the people liked him at Yarmouth, and what a delightful companion he had been.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24. MY FIRST DISSIPATION
Example Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
1  It was delightful news for me to learn that you have received a Doctor's Degree from Chicago University.
2  Each life likely is one full and the delightful fruit.
3  The kitchen of this delightful cottage is fully equipped with all mod cons including a dishwasher.
4  The old city is a delightful maze for the modern tourist.
5  A young woman suckling a baby is one of life's most natural and delightful scenes.
6  For David, the two weeks vacationing in New Zealand were a delightful respite from the pressures of his job.
7  Be always as merry as ever you can, for no-one delights in a sorrowful man.
8  He took an almost gleeful delight in showing how wrong they can be.
9  Red sky at night shepherd's delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning.
10  She held her breath with wonder and delight.
11  My sister's little boy is a real delight.
12  Evans could barely contain his delight: "I'm so proud of her," he said.
13  She won the game easily, to the delight of all her fans.
14  The magnificent scene of the waterfall is a perfect delight to the eye.
15  To his delight a familiar, tall, languid figure lowered itself down the steps of a club.