delight

Example Sentences

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Cherki seems to delight and infuriate in equal measure.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

“They Will Kill You” feels like helping my two-year-old niece put together a fairly simple, 12-piece puzzle, and watching her exclaim with delight before asking if we can assemble it again.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

You’ve been something of a connoisseur’s fave, I think it’s fair to say, which is why the Taylor Swift lyric was such a delight: “We declared Charlie Puth should be a bigger artist.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Dahl made his fortune by tapping into the delight children take in being frightened, conjuring worlds where evil lurks, often in human form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

To our delight, an unusually large brood of American Snout butterflies swarmed Eagle Pass by the billions.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall