DELIGHTFUL in a Sentence

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We ate the whole of the toast, and drank tea in proportion, and it was delightful to see how warm and greasy we all got after it.

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 Meanings and Examples of DELIGHTFUL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
delightful
 a.  greatly pleasing or entertaining
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
2  The Westons will be with us, and it will be quite delightful.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
3  Affecting that air of playfulness, therefore, which is delightful in a woman one loves, she opened the letter directly, and read its contents.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 44
4  To her own heart it was a delightful affair, to her imagination it was even a ridiculous one, but to her reason, her judgment, it was completely a puzzle.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 49
5  All this made the feast delightful, and when the waiter was not there to watch me, my pleasure was without alloy.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
6  Mr. Pocket was out lecturing; for, he was a most delightful lecturer on domestic economy, and his treatises on the management of children and servants were considered the very best text-books on those themes.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXIII
7  We ate the whole of the toast, and drank tea in proportion, and it was delightful to see how warm and greasy we all got after it.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVII
8  I thanked him, and replied that I was sure I should be happy in such a delightful place.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3. I HAVE A CHANGE
9  For it was quite delightful to me, to find him so pleasant.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 5. I AM SENT AWAY FROM HOME
10  It was perfectly delightful to behold with what enthusiasm Mr. Peggotty became inspired when he thought of his little favourite.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 7. MY 'FIRST HALF' AT SALEM HOUSE
11  Now, the whole place was, or it should have been, quite as delightful a place as ever; and yet it did not impress me in the same way.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10. I BECOME NEGLECTED, AND AM PROVIDED FOR
12  To have all those noble Romans alive before me, and walking in and out for my entertainment, instead of being the stern taskmasters they had been at school, was a most novel and delightful effect.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 19. I LOOK ABOUT ME, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY
13  The week passed away in a most delightful manner.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21. LITTLE EM'LY
14  He maintained all his delightful qualities to the last, until we started forth, at eight o'clock, for Mr. Peggotty's boat.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21. LITTLE EM'LY
15  I told her how much the people liked him at Yarmouth, and what a delightful companion he had been.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 24. MY FIRST DISSIPATION
Example Sentence: (50 in 4 pages)
16  The Koran describes paradise as a place containing a garden of delight.
17  A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight.
18  The very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.
19  His mind was reeling with an almost aesthetic delight at the beauty of the thing.
20  We delight in the beauties of nature.
21  Some people delight in the misfortunes of others.
22  In his poems everyday reality is invested with a sense of wonder and delight.
23  She opened her eyes and exclaimed in delight at the scene.
24  Jacelin seems to delight in making other people suffer.
25  Today, another American legend, Mark Twain, celebrated for the power of his language and his ability to delight and provoke, is also under attack.
26  "Come, my head is free at last!" said Alice in a tone of delight, which changed into alarm in another moment, when she found that her shoulders were nowhere to be found.
27  Our concern for Dwight Gooden, who injured his pitching arm in the game, will alloy our delight at the Yankees' victory.
28  The events of the past dovetail into those of the present, with parallels that surprise, astound, shock and delight.
29  We feasted that evening as on nectar and ambrosia; and not the least delight of the entertainment was the smile of gratification with which our hostess regarded us, as we satisfied our famished appetites on the delicate fare she liberally supplied.
30  No one can remain indifferent when an orchestra of Palestinian children comes to play for Holocaust survivors and to bring delight to the old people.