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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France had delighted its home crowd by beating New Zealand 20-18 in the quarterfinals on a shocking day in which both Australia and the All Blacks were eliminated in the space of six hours.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 11, 2015
“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 smartness of the uniform which at first had delighted him he now saw was a danger.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
