delight
noun
a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture.
are delighting
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present progressiveof delight.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Migrants seldom seen on British shores, such as black-winged stilts and bee-eaters, are delighting bird watchers.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2023
Other people are going with Suzy, and some people are delighting.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2023
It’s my last day in Golfo Paradiso and two little girls, 5 and 6 years old, are delighting in my suffering.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2019
The new faces of the field are delighting long-time fans like 83-year-old television host Larry King, who has been taking in the action at Dodger Stadium from his plumb seat behind home plate.
From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2017
Sure yourself you are spiting Quite as much as myself, whom your charms are delighting.
From The Anglican Friar and the Fish which he Took by Hook and by Crook by A. Novice
