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delight

[dih-lahyt] / dɪˈlaɪt /




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Buildings are assessed across a range of criteria, including design vision, innovation, sustainability, functionality, and the ability to delight users and visitors.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Rebecca Onion declares that the miniseries is a bracing delight, akin to “kissing a dead fish and taking a shot”—and that’s a compliment!

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

And what a delight it is that this world still holds some surprises for us.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

“It would be our delight to one day list in London,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Daisy squealed her delight and said, “Jay Berry, you’d better be careful. If you wake those monkeys up, they might get mad and run you clean out of the country.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Of all the tawdry delights in “Verity” — Michael Showalter’s adaptation of bestselling author Colleen Hoover’s massively popular psychological thriller — the best and most unexpected is how well the film hides its secrets.

From Salon ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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

His fellow host, Greg Gutfeld, apparently delighted, replied, “Good for you, fear porn!”

From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2026

My mom is delighted with my success, but her attitude toward me hasn’t changed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

And for the opening quarter of an hour in Perth they were exactly that, and will have been delighted when Paige Travis crossed for Wales' first ever Rugby League World Cup try.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

"He has made a very good impact with his qualities," said a delighted Emery.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“She’s only half right,” Ollie said, a delighted smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

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

The era when delighting the public and media and driving endless free publicity for the AI revolution is over.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 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

A film like “The Housemaid” delighting viewers this much and making boatloads of cash doing it is a sure sign of cinema’s vitality.

From Salon ● Jan. 31, 2026

All the announcers were talking about the remarkable insect who was delighting throngs in the Times Square subway station.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden


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