revel
verb (used without object)
to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed byin ).
had reveled
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past perfectof revel.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Early in his tenure running Google, Mr. Pichai was reluctant to press its case in Washington — a job that one of his predecessors, Eric Schmidt, had reveled in.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2020
Nearby, Zach Norvell Jr. pondered a season briskly shut down and said he had reveled in “every day. Every day.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2019
Shoved aside were key staffers, including his campaign manager Corey Lewandowski, who had reveled in the, shall we say, forceful approach to politics that was supposed to be part of Trump’s authenticity.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2016
Yet in the same message, Ms. Palin had reveled in Mr. Miller’s stunning upset, writing, “Do you believe in miracles?”
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2010
Then she had reveled in rose-colored dreams; now she was confronted by gray realities.
From The Hazeley Family by Johnson, A. E. (Alfred Edwin)
