13958 examples of delight in sentences

The baby struggled and kicked in her delight, and held out her two hands with cooing cries to Kazan.

There were a dozen men about her, and one of these I saw with delight was Dr. Price, our registrar at the college, a benign old man, who could deny me nothing.

Little Laura sprang up with delight; she longed for a play.

" It is rather unpleasant, in view of this generousif overstrained tribute, to find the object of it referring later to the works of his encomiast as "thin sown with profit or delight."

Wordsworth's poem I have hurried through, not without delight.

I was much pleased with your manner of accounting for the reason why monarchs take delight in war.

I have just been reading a book, which I may be too partial to, as it was the delight of my childhood; but I will recommend it to you,it is Izaak Walton's "Complete Angler."

she wrote to me; for though I see her almost every day, yet we delight to write to one another, for we can scarce see each other but in company with some of the people of the house.

I have been reading "The Task" with fresh delight.

'Tired in their silver, they move, And circling, whisper and say, Fair are the blossoming meads of delight Through which we stray.

Mrs. Hawker declined drinking, in a way to delight the gallant seaman; for so completely had she got the better of all his habits and prejudices, that every thing she did seemed right and gracious in his eyes.

It was a delight anywhere, but it seemed now out of place.

He cut the string, and with trembling, shaking hands handed the bag to Tom, who, in an ecstasy of wonder and dizzy with delight, poured out with swimming sight upon the coat spread on the ground a cataract of shining silver money that rang and twinkled and jingled as it fell in a shining heap upon the coarse cloth.

My dear delight, why dost thou stain thy cheeks, Those rosy beds, with this unseemly dew? Shake off those tears, that now untimely fall, And smile on me, that am thy summer's joy.

Dimitri, the son of the pastry cook, ran forward with a cry of delight, exclaiming, "It's Photini!" "Gentlemen, let us talk of something else," whispered Christodulos.

" Mrs. Simons turned to the box of Turkish delight.

Nightgall, seeing him stretched on the ground, apparently lifeless, chuckled with delight, and, releasing the chain that bound his leg, bent over him with the intention of carrying his body into the burial vault near the moat.

With fiendish delight Nightgall took him to the horrible chamber.

I had no fear, and it seemed decided that I, of all children, gave most delight; but after me came a little girl of exquisitely delicate form, bright countenance, and so melodious a voice that even my mother, with all her pride of me, awarded her the palm, and declared that she was just like an angel.

Then a mighty wind arose, and carried the maiden to an enchanted palace, where she was waited on by unseen spirits who played sweet music for her delight, and fed her with delicious food.

God has set her in the skies To delight my longing eyes; And her clear and yellow hair Shines upon the darkness there.

And the King of Torelore welcomed them courteously; and for two whole years they lived in great delight in his beautiful castle by the sea.

But little delight had Aucassin in his wealth and power and kingdom.

There they lived in great delight

19, In the multitude of my thoughts within me, thy comforts delight my soul.

13958 examples of  delight  in sentences