Example Sentences

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What I didn’t know then — and have since learned — is that what was delighting my taste buds was a Mexican chili oil with roots in Orizaba, Veracruz, known as salsa macha.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

Mr. Shields was delighting in life, right to the end.

From New York Times • May 25, 2017

And now the Stars just might have the closest thing to a franchise leader since the highest-scoring American-born NHL player was delighting fans with his fast skating and his wide smile.

From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2016

A: For you, your daughter was a young woman who was delighting you with her embrace of the responsibilities of adulthood.

From Slate • Sep. 24, 2013

All the announcers were talking about the remarkable insect who was delighting throngs in the Times Square subway station.

From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden