revel
verb (used without object)
to take great pleasure or delight (usually followed byin ).
have revelled
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present perfectof revel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Other publications have revelled in how Sturgeon has given interviews against a backdrop of stolen books in stolen bookcases, or offered cups of coffee to journalists from a coffee machine Murrell bought with stolen money.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Few councillors have revelled in cyber-meetings to the extent that Cllr Stephen Burroughes, of Suffolk County Council, has since lockdown.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2022
Since the days of the earliest biblical epics, audiences have revelled in seeing temples crumble, worlds shake, ships sink and towers fall.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 15, 2020
But Ajax have revelled in their underdog status already this season.
From BBC ● May 23, 2017
She whose fingers would have revelled in it, Rachel the mother, was no more; her warm heart was cold, her busy fingers rested in the tomb.
From The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages, 3rd ed. Including Some Notices of the Ancient Historical Tapestries by Sutherland Menzies
