delight

Example Sentences

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Jennifer Koles, a nature enthusiast and former docent at Irvine Ranch Conservancy and Orange County Parks, said it’s not a guarantee but that folks can see it as “an early delight in the desert.”

From Los Angeles Times

Being scrappy isn’t cutting corners; it’s honoring what’s already here, coaxing richness, texture, and a kind of unexpected delight from what was almost discarded.

From Salon

That was the first of four match darts he missed in that leg, but he got the job done in the next, to the delight of the Alexandra Palace crowd who chanted his name throughout.

From BBC

Austen began writing as a child, and her “juvenilia,” reports Romney, “show a delight in parody,” a characteristic that would inform her later work.

From Los Angeles Times

Ms Cole, who has been at the helm of the company for 12 years and is retiring in May, said she was delighted with the honour.

From BBC