delight
noun
a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture.
had been delighting
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past perfect progressiveof delight.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The company were talking very eagerly about a certain Signor Barighi, who for some time past had been delighting the other visitors with his lively wit, and his fluency in all languages.
From Devil Stories An Anthology by Various
