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Sentence count:281+34Posted:2016-07-23Updated:2020-07-24
Antonym: griefsadnesssorrowSimilar words: highlightlightflightslightlight uplightlyslightlylightingMeaning: [dɪ'laɪt]  n. 1. a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction 2. something or someone that provides pleasure; a source of happiness. v. 1. give pleasure to or be pleasing to 2. take delight in 3. hold spellbound. 
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151. She was shivering with delight and pent-up desire.
152. Horton takes great delight in learning.
153. Shorter said, his voice dancing with delight.
154. Their decision to end cooperation will delight Belgrade.
155. Heaven's last best gift, my ever new delightJohn Milton 
156. That was the great delight in discovering Jung.
157. The baby crowed with delight at the toy.
158. Yet even then, as whenever she broke the rules, I had to admit to a tiny bubble of delight.
159. The party leadership - Neil Kinnock included - could barely conceal their delight when the vote was declared.
160. Then she flung herself on to his stomach, squealing with delight, and he began to tickle her.
161. The pre-dawn squeals of delight as kiddies unwrap their gifts.
162. The first verse concludes: We live at our pleasure, and take our delight.
163. The owl hooted in the beech tree and, to Erika's deep delight, it was answered by another owl.
164. To the audience's delight, she agreed to do another number.http://sentencedict.com
165. After all her delight at seeing them again, they were barely civil to her.
166. But none have needed this much attention, never leaving his side even at work, much to the delight of colleagues.
167. Lucie's attitude to it was a mixture of contempt and childlike delight.
168. Yesterday the Kilshaws could barely contain their delight after learning of Mr Allen's arrest.
169. Or a human parent will take delight in teaching their child to walk and talk and do so many things.
170. Travelling with Dennis was hardly going to be a delight, but it would be worth it.
171. They remember you at your most awkward and unformed and they take delight in reminding you of it.
172. Is it not a form of self desecration not to cultivate this primeval delight in flowers?
173. The definition of cleanliness would delight a philosopher or scholar but is unwieldy in practice.
174. Julia smiled with delight. she was enjoying her walk down the quiet country lane towards the riverbank.
175. Birdsong and rebirth and the sheer undiluted delight of living creatures awaking to face another day.
176. As he rose from the loch, spitting salt(sentencedict.com), the wild delight in Lachlan's face was gone.
177. He thought it best that she not know his great delight.
178. We come away well-pleased with ourselves, perhaps, but seldom have we taken the least delight in others' efforts.
179. The porpoises delight in riding on the bow waves of motor boats, which has frequently proved to be a fatal mistake.
180. Instead, there is always freshness and a delight in storytelling all too often absent from weighty academic history.
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