delight in

Example Sentences

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It delighted Picasso, who thereafter took delight in biting those who came to see him.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

There are few things Americans agree on these days, but one is a shared delight in the anguishes of the Durham, N.C., basketball behemoth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

But we’ll make an exception for the shoe story, a genuine delight in an otherwise gloomy news world.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2026

The empathic distance that reality TV affords still allows us to not only delight in the Traitors’ impressive murder run but perhaps fantasize as to how well we’d perform in their place.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

Careful writers and discerning readers delight in the profusion of words in the English lexicon, no two of which are exact synonyms.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker