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How to use delightful in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective

Delightful means pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure. Example: “The Botanical Gardens are in a delightful situation on the river bank.”

Examples of delightful by meaning

adjectivePleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.

  • An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed 'to save notepaper') and enter into the delightful pastime of 'a chicken from Mr Whiteley's'.1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN
  • That is what I plan to do at Yahoo: give the end user something valuable and delightful that makes them want to come to Yahoo every day.2013 December 11, Megan Garber, quoting Marissa Mayer, “Is ‘Delightful’ the New ‘Cool’?”, in The Atlantic

More sentences with delightful

  • The Botanical Gardens are in a delightful situation on the river bank.From the entry situation
  • My uncle was a lovely man, and soft-spoken with his delightful Manx accent.From the entry soft-spoken
  • I want to highlight two delightful surface readings, where the whole clue acts as an extended definition.2024 December 2, “i Cryptic Crossword 4313 Peter”, in idothei. From the entry extended definition
  • Indulge in the delightful flavors of Chinese cuisine with our Nanpie recipe.2023, “Nanpie-Crispy Chinese Pancakes”, in Fusion Food, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2024. From the entry nanpie
  • It turned out, though, that this nebbiolo was grown in South Africa, and it was delightful.2023 February 15, John Eligon, “Exploring South Africa’s Black Wine Scene”, in The New York Times. From the entry nebbiolo
  • Especially Anders. man is the fandom bicycle and that is delightful, he deserves many smooches.2021 September 7, Tirs For Fears (@potatowitch666), Twitter. From the entry fandom bicycle
  • However, the animation is delightful & overall I enjoyed this X-Menesque Disney family drama.2021 December 26, @Gibboanxious, X, archived from the original on 22 Apr 2026. From the entry X-Menesque
  • Indeed it started life as a gate box with the delightful name of Lady Ann's Crossing.2020 July 1, David Allen, “Signalling from Leeds along the S&C”, in Rail, page 74. From the entry longevity
  • “Ohhhhhhhhh this is the most delightful account you guys are giving me so much joy and inspiration!2020 July 27, Johnny Davis, “These Laundry-Modelling Grandparents Are An Instagram Sensation”, in Esquire. From the entry gma
  • This spring, is your fancy turning towards a delightful garden room?2019 February 22, Jayne Dowle, A pod, a ‘shoffice’ or a garden room. From the entry shoffice
  • Case in point: “Monster Trucks,” a spry, spirited and delightful family film.2017 January 12, Andy Webster, “Movie Review: Horses Under the Hood?”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Jan 2017. From the entry unprepossessing
  • If Yule found it delightful, why did Kipling find it uncouth?2014, James Lambert, “A Much Tortured Expression: A New Look At `Hobson-Jobson'”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 27…. From the entry uncouth
  • It’s helped by a pair of delightful womantic leads, each lovable in their own way.2012 August 30, “Review: For a Good Time, Call…”, in Crave Online. From the entry womantic
  • What I’m trying to say is that she could be delightful when she wanted to be.2012, E. B. Boatner, M-o-t-h-e-r Spells Murder, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 20. From the entry doddard
  • This Vivienne Westwood tiered confection is so Carrie Bradshaw and so delightful.2010, Emily Rosenbaum Maka, RedEye, “Whoville, Red Carpet Rewind, Sex & Killers, Sarah Jessica Parker”, in RedEye Chicago Magazine, page 38. From the entry busy belt
  • Played traditionally, the dulcimer sounds delightful with drones acenting the melody you are playing.2004, Madeline MacNeil, You Can Teach Yourself Dulcimer, Mel Bay Publications, →ISBN, Introduction, page 4. From the entry dulcimer
  • We have guns, drugs, and shirts with that delightful little taco dog on them.1999, 20th Century Fox, Family Guy - 2ACX09: Dammit, Janet! (Animatic Draft), page 41. From the entry taco dog
  • Losing his virginity to pretty, fast-handed Allyson at fifteen was a sweaty and delightful experience.1998, Nora Roberts, Sea Swept, →ISBN. From the entry fast-handed
  • Babies of this age are delightful stickybeaks, vitally interested in everything and everyone around them.1994, Robin Barker, Baby Love, Pan Macmillan Australia, published 2009, page 419. From the entry stickybeak
  • If you just want to hear beautiful music, this album is delightful.1984 December 15, Maida Tilchen, “Women's Music Goes Global”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 22, page 8. From the entry even-tempered
  • There are also some delightful love scenes between Jean and Esther.1982 February 6, Judy Stern, “Striking Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 9. From the entry tentativeness
  • Tiresome, noisy and unruly they could most certainly be but delightful in their “deediness” and enthusiasm.1975, Cicely B. Hale, A Good Long Time: The Autobiography of an [i.e. A] Nonagenarian, page 98. From the entry deediness
  • The screen is transparent, with seven-light Perp windows, a delightful effect, utterly ungothic in character.1970, Nikolaus Pevsner, Cambridgeshire. From the entry ungothic
  • Devine straphung, smiling, his lips forming soundless phrases as though he enjoyed a delightful, inaudible conversation.1957, Brian Moore, The Feast of Lupercal. From the entry straphang
  • 'Since Heidi's been here, delightful things have happened nearly every day.'1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 97. From the entry nearly
  • For an afternoon's ramble ending in a picnic tea it would have been delightful.1951, C. S. Lewis, Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia. From the entry tea
  • Beginning with the delightful “Drink-taken,” you have half-towed, sizzled, flukaw, flutered, spifflu, langers, and stocious.1949, Charles Graves, Ireland Revisited, page 20. From the entry stocious
  • Among the foxes and jackals the puppies of the long eared fox are quite the most delightful.1921 February 26, Country Life 1921-02-26: Vol 49 Iss 1260. From the entry long-eared fox
  • Fred Harms and many of her friends were bidden to the home for the delightful occasion.1920 October 23, “Engagement Announced”, in The Petaluma Argus, daily evening edition, 65th year, number 57, Petaluma, Calif., →OCLC, page…. From the entry Emerentia
  • The second in a series of delightful knitting Kensingtons was given Wednesday afternoon by Mrs.1917 December 1, Goodwin's Weekly, Salt Lake City, →OCLC, page 9. From the entry kensington
  • My trip along the rest of the line is delightful.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 67. From the entry recover
  • This delightful phenomenon is known 'bordergore' and adds a flavour to the game that many others struggle to replicate.[2020 October 11, Robert Macilraith, Joshua Walker, “Tutorial Level: Crusader Kings 2- More Than Just a Colourful Map”, in The Oxford…. From the entry border gore
  • The short clip makes for a delightful watch.2019 October 9, "Tiny cub gives lion a huge fright", Hindustan Times. From the entry stalking
  • But she was raised in Crazytown, and the more foreign her territory, the more delightful—and somehow more relatable—her tale becomes.2015 August, Joss Whedon, “Foreword”, in Felicia Day, You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost): A Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Touchstone…. From the entry normcore
  • Architecture can be considered as art allied to function: it fulfils a briefed purpose as well as being delightful.2012, Morag Tait, “Collaboration as a Working Process”, in Hanif Kara, Andreas Georgoulias, Jorge Silvetti, editor, Interdisciplinary…. From the entry briefed
  • Crouch had earlier hopelessly miskicked an excellent volleyed chance from eight yards out after a delightful Pennant cross.2011 October 15, Owen Phillips, “Stoke 2 - 0 Fulham”, in BBC Sport. From the entry hopelessly
  • That is why, in spite of shabby dresses, unbanged hair, tremendous mouths, and large noses, some persons are purely delightful.2007, Annie H. Ryder, Hold Up Your Heads, Girls!, page 13. From the entry unbanged
  • When the sun comes out, it is totally delightful, except for the mosquitoes, and the blackflies, and the deerflies.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 161. From the entry deerfly

Meaning of delightful

  1. adjective Pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.

Full definition of delightful

Questions about delightful in a sentence

How do you use delightful in a sentence?
Delightful is used as an adjective. For example: “The Botanical Gardens are in a delightful situation on the river bank.”
What is a short sentence with delightful?
“The short clip makes for a delightful watch.”
What does delightful mean?
Delightful means pleasant; pleasing, bringing enjoyment, satisfaction, or pleasure.

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