Example Sentences

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“You have delighted us long enough,” Grant intones, repeating Austen’s famous line.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

The Orion spacecraft performed admirably and the images the astronauts captured have delighted a whole new generation about the possibilities of space travel.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

This Badger-written column may have delighted many times in poking cheap fun at Michigan football, but not today.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

But this was a win they desired desperately, achieved in the manner that will have delighted Arteta for the character and steel on show.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024

With almost a dozen immortal emperors jostling for position, high-level Inka society was characterized by ramose political intrigue of a scale that would have delighted the Medici.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann