delighted

• “As a proof that this view of the construction is correct, let L.B.L. substitute for "delighted spirit", _spirit no longer delighted_, and he will find that it gives precisely the sense which he deduces from the passage as it stands.”

  Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850

• “I'm delighted that she was there to do it -- _delighted.”

  The Dust Flower

• “The word that came to her as she looked down was the word delighted.”

  Simon & Schuster: Brooklyn

• “Gillam began tensing himself up in delighted anticipation of the chorus.”

  MORE FROM GINNY BATES: MYRA AND GILLAM

• “My brother and I walked in delighted by our fear, and laid our open palms on the wet yellow sawdust.”

  james wright | the ice house « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground

• “Today's title delighted me, and should delight you:”

  Miscellaneous Medievalia

• “To say that we were and are delighted is to put it mildly, and subsequent events have intensified our interest in his subject.”

  Race Relations in Practice

• “The result was, of course, that he made a good record, and the A that Henley gave him in English delighted him so much that he almost forgot his fraternity troubles.”

  The Plastic Age

• “Peter danced gleefully back and forth patting his small stomach in delighted anticipation of the approaching feast.”

  Katrinka: The Story of a Russian Child

• “Eh, you needn't think you're going to knock spots off my wife, any of you,' cried Colin delighted at the sally.”

  Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land

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