delight

These unexpected extras—a few perfume samples or a tchotchke tucked into a shopping bag—aren’t lavish but often produce outsize delight, like when an order of 12 bagels becomes a baker’s dozen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

I wanted to find out if the conspiracy theory’s originator had known what they were doing, if they now felt delight at the heights their creation had reached.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Co-head teachers of Athersley North Primary School, which Rubie and Lillie had attended, said the girls had been "a delight to teach".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

But it’s true and Nick’s delight in tending to his own personal Maverick is sincere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

Mrs. Apple struck a pose in the manner of a Roman consul about to address the senate, much to the delight of the Incorrigibles.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

Her fall from perfection delights her brother and sister, who chant, “One of us!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Few delights capture our attention as completely as stories that take joy in the miseries of the mega-rich.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

Perry and her partner, Canada's former prime minister Justin Trudeau, sampled the delights of Mykonos.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

Starr is criminally sarcastic, and delights in winding people up.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home.

From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl

"I just thought it would be quite nice to basically post a letter for the future and I'm obviously quite delighted to see that someone had found it," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

Dinner tasted rich and savory and faintly sweet, the sort of thing I would have been delighted to order at a neighborhood restaurant.

From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026

Angela France, one of the directors at Daisybank CIC, which helped to saved the field in Cheltenham from development last year, said she was "delighted" to hear about the new fund.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

When I proposed to my then-girlfriend, I was delighted she said yes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

I was relieved that it wasn’t human hair and strangely delighted that it was a seal.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

Marlene Cooper has paid $100 a week to get a box of five meals from Blue Apron for the last decade, delighting in dinners like chicken enchilada skillet and cilantro paneer and chickpea curry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Iran responded in the 64th minute with Rezaeian’s cross headed home by Mohammad Mohebi, tying the game and delighting fans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026

It does what it says on the tin, delighting huge crowds with a nerve-jangling test for the best players in the world year in, year out.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

When part of a SpaceX rocket re-entered Earth's atmosphere exactly a year ago, it created a spectacuglar fireball that streaked across Europe's skies, delighting stargazers and sending a team of scientists rushing towards their instruments.

From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026

“Oh, I don’t play with that anymore. It’s for babies,” I said, delighting in her look of disappointment.

From "It All Comes Down to This" by Karen English