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Grammar : Verb
Spell : dih-lahyt
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlaɪt



Definition of delighting

Origin :
  • c.1200, deliten, from Old French delitier (see delight (n.)). Related: Delighted; delighting.
  • verb make happy; experience happiness
Example sentences :
  • And, delighting in us as He does, God could not possibly stint us in what we earn from Him.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • He walked about the Gardens, delighting in the quiet and the coolness.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Elise was delighting in her steady work, the first she had ever been allowed to do.
  • Extract from : « Molly Brown's Orchard Home » by Nell Speed
  • I pressed the glove to my face, delighting in its imagined likeness to myself.
  • Extract from : « The Blue Wall » by Richard Washburn Child
  • The good people thought they were delighting their son by these eulogies.
  • Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham
  • There is no one study that is not capable of delighting us after a little application to it.
  • Extract from : « Pearls of Thought » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • She became a bewildering revelation to him, amazing him, delighting him.
  • Extract from : « Children of the Desert » by Louis Dodge
  • "'Tisn't 'it,'—but 'they'—and they're out in the barn," said Alec, delighting in the mystery.
  • Extract from : « Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party » by C. E. Jacobs
  • “It's only them a-laughing, sir,” said Joe, delighting in the vagueness of his rejoinder.
  • Extract from : « Phoebe, Junior » by Mrs [Margaret] Oliphant
  • He began to laugh, openly, mischievously, delighting in her discomfiture.
  • Extract from : « Regiment of Women » by Clemence Dane

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