delight
noun
a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture.
had delighted
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past perfectof delight.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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And, always with an eye on his media coverage, Trump had delighted in the round-the-clock phenomenon created by the first Kim summit, held last June in Singapore.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 25, 2019
“The pen which had delighted and comforted so many minds and hearts here made its last mark,” her widower wrote later.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 28, 2015
Her sister said Ms. Moran had delighted in the Budweiser creatures she helped create: beer-loving ants; three frogs who croaked, in turn, “Bud,” “Weis,” and “Er”; and, of course, Larry the Lizard.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2012
His brother Ira and Heyward joined in, to create something far more ambitious than the escapist, all-black musical revues that had delighted Broadway.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 24, 2011
The scene in the orchard had delighted him with its poetry; but the sentiments expressed had made him smile.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
