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
One thing stayed the same, though: Companies are delighting, confusing and angering us with their ideas for what the tech of the future might look like.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2022
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
When the blossoms of summer are delighting you mere amateurs, then it is that we professional people," added she, laughing, "are really idle.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by More, Hannah
