self-delight

The surfeited lump singing it calls Obama "The Great Reneger" ten times, each time with greater self-delight.

Chris Kelly: The Secret Relevance of Glenn Beck's 9/11 Show REVEALED 2010

The surfeited lump singing it calls Obama "The Great Reneger" ten times, each time with greater self-delight.

Chris Kelly: The Secret Relevance of Glenn Beck's 9/11 Show REVEALED 2010

The grand expedition that is individual freedom can never completely slip its moorings, never quite take off in a loop-the-loop of solipsism and self-delight, because others, boringly, must be taken into account.

BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH 2010

Hailed almost universally as a milestone on the road to cultural ruin, this sequel to "Charlie's Angels" doesn't pretend to be about anything but showing it, shaking it and selling it with huge zest and self-delight.

Not the Day for 'Knight' 2010

The grand expedition that is individual freedom can never completely slip its moorings, never quite take off in a loop-the-loop of solipsism and self-delight, because others, boringly, must be taken into account.

BREAKFAST WITH SOCRATES ROBERT ROWLAND SMITH 2010

The final irony: despite an overwhelming weight of self-delight (and his eventually overwhelming weight), Welles was a real genius.

Influential Filmmakers 2006

A subdued roar, a sort of rumble-buzz, with a chandelier jingle in the mix and the dreamy sway of dance music and a vocal note of self-delight—the lure, the enticement of a life defined by its remoteness from the daily drudge of world complaint.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

The small toothy head hovered above the table in defiant self-delight.

Underworld Don Delillo 2008

The final irony: despite an overwhelming weight of self-delight (and his eventually overwhelming weight), Welles was a real genius.

Influential Filmmakers 2006

(And self-delight is of course the essence of fashion; why else buy something cute from Marni or Miu Miu?)

Establishing Shots 2006