delight
noun
a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture.
has been delighting
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present perfect progressiveof delight (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Several experts recommended stories from “Aesop’s Fables,” which has been delighting children for millennia and includes “The Tortoise and the Hare.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 8, 2020
For nearly 60 years, Tom Jones has been delighting audiences with stunning stage performances and hits like “It’s Not Unusual” and “Delilah.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2020
Christmas markets start popping up in November; the one in Strasbourg has been delighting crowds since 1570.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2020
The Year Without a Santana Claus For almost two decades now, the Troubadour Theater Company has been delighting audiences with their sell-out mash-ups that meld Christmas classics with contemporary rock music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 21, 2018
The King has been delighting the Whigs, and making himself more ridiculous and contemptible by the most extravagant civilities to the new Peers—that is, to Western and about Lord Stafford.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. II by Reeve, Henry
