delight

Example Sentences

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But these revitalized Knicks—for decades themselves a Schadenfreudist’s delight, a faded franchise with crabby ownership and aggrieved fans—are giving even skeptical out-of-towners a case of the Manhattan warm ’n’ fuzzies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“Each time the museum records the humidity or hears the water inside the trunks we can talk about the heartbeat of a tree,” says Anadol, with obvious delight.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

He didn't take much convincing and belted out the lyrics of the Vanilla Ice hit - to the delight of the Gunners fans.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Chip stocks, which often play the role of traders’ delight, and which were particularly hot tickets during the late 1990s, are now on fire.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

To Gingersnipes’s shock and delight, he bounded on all fours, leaping, frolicking, plunging into the Afterlife with the joyful abandon of a kit.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman