delectation

Example Sentences

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Norberto and Martín, professional cynics, spin their own plots to stymie the young swindlers, and the movie leans on our delectation in this.

From New York Times

What I share here are a few recommendations for your own arts delectation, all carefully curated at my own desk.

From Washington Post

As ever, the spirit and aesthetics of the circus are present: scenes and ideas and images will exuberantly follow each other for our delectation like circus acts being brought into the ring.

From The Guardian

What can be said of Albers’ work carries over to many of the pieces here, most of them what she called “pictorial weavings,” meant for no other use than visual delectation.

From Los Angeles Times

Such is Netherlands v Germany, the classic match of international football and which arrives for our delectation this evening.

From The Guardian