delight
noun
a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture.
have been delighting
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present perfect progressiveof delight.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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Creme eggs have been delighting - or not, depending on your palate - British tastebuds for more than 50 years.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
The Northern Lights have been delighting photographers across the north east of England.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2022
Since the nineteen-seventies, Caland’s nuzzling provocations have been delighting and unsettling those lucky enough to see them.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 7, 2017
Together they are the Guardians of the Galaxy, a lesser-known but still popular outfit whose escapades have been delighting comic book aficionados for decades.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2014
I who have been delighting in the thought of pouring all my little wealth at your feet, and bidding you freight a new ship with it; but perhaps you are too proud—you will refuse it?'
From Andrew Golding A Tale of the Great Plague by Annie E. Keeling
