delightfully
Example Sentences
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Her name is Olivia Miles and, in a pair of heavy, bulbous, delightfully old-school glasses, the Minnesota Lynx guard has emerged from the WNBA’s summer of chaos to become the league’s best rookie in years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
A competitive convention would have been a delightfully exotic twist to such a topsy-turvy campaign in Maine.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Except, in the midst of that project, McElwee’s focus shifts, delightfully, to his disastrous love life and the fascinating women he meets in his travels, becoming a deeply humane examination of modern courtship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
The two books provide delightfully readable chronological narratives of the Revolution that also reveal its roots and ramifications beyond the 13 colonies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Despite the unsanitary presentation, the milk was ambrosial—fragrantly nutty, delightfully heavy on the tongue, unlike anything I had encountered before.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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