Use delightful in a sentence
Sentences starting with delightful
- Delightful illusion of paint and tinsel and silk attire, of cheap sentiment and high and mighty dialogue! [5]
- Delightful repose stole over him, pleasant weariness soothed every stormy emotion of his heart. [10]
- Delightful custom! [4]
Sentences ending with delightful
- It was all wonderful and delightful. [5]
- Eva, fairly radiant with joy, nodded assent; and Els heard the ring of pleasure in her clear voice, too, as she exclaimed: "That was just what made the ball so delightful. [10]
- There are memories which are always passive and delightful. [11]
- It is impossible to describe that fierce, jubilant song of the saw, which even when we were near was never shrill or shrieking: never drowning our voices, but vibrant and delightful. [11]
- The thermometer declares that the temperature is delightful. [4]
- Nobody admits much sleep; but everybody is refreshed, and declares it delightful. [4]
- Jack found the place delightful. [4]
- Come, you must own that this affair of the Thabor Bridge is delightful! [2]
- As the guest of the most hospitable city on earth, their illustrious sovereign had a right to expect from every Alexandrian the most ardent endeavors to make his stay here delightful. [10]
- Long preparations were needed, and these, too, were delightful. [10]
Short sentences using delightful
- A delightful sentiment, sir! [12]
- Stagecoaching is infinitely more delightful. [5]
- Well, he was just delightful! [5]
- It seemed perfectly delightful. [5]
- The hour was delightful. [11]
- He's done some delightful things. [9]
- It was a delightful excursion! [10]
- The most delightful articles! [10]
- Isn't he delightful? [8]
- It was delightful. [5]
Sentences containing delightful two or more times
- That she had had a delightful visit, that Margaret was more lovely than ever, that Henderson was a delightful host, was the report of Miss Forsythe when she returned to us. [4]
More example sentences with the word delightful in them
- But I bid you welcome, Richard," said his Lordship; "you come with two of the most delightful vagabonds in the world. [9]
- The sight of yonder shining steeples and roofs seems to make your heart laugh, Sir Wolf, and, by Our Lady, you have good reason to bestow one or more candles upon her, for, besides other delightful things, a goodly heritage is awaiting you in Ratisbon. [10]
- Gras had already written twice to his master, telling him with what gratifying patience Hermon was beginning to submit to his great misfortune, when the notary Melampus returned from Alexandria with news which produced the most delightful transformation in the blind artist's outer life. [10]
- How delightful it would be to walk up and down the garden, with her aunt the abbess, with Els, and perhaps--she felt the blood crimson her cheeks--with Heinz Schorlin! [10]
- She thought it would be delightful, and promised to wait for me at a certain place outside of the city. [10]
- A pleasant dinner with the Dean, a stroll through the grounds of the episcopal palace, with that perpetual feast of the eyes which the cathedral offered us, made our residence delightful at the time, and keeps it so in remembrance. [6]
- It was furnished with delightful old-fashioned things that seemed to express, at every turn, the aristocratic and uncompromising personality of the owner who had lived so long in their midst. [9]
- But on the whole it has been a delightful day, and with M----in hell it would have been perfect. [5]
- Even the McTavishes, who were inclined to be skeptical, said that Carmen was delightful in her new role. [4]
- It was Nancy who conceived the brilliant idea--the more delightful because she said nothing about it to me--of making use of Sophy. [9]
- I suppose, by what I see, that sweet wooing, with all its torturing and delightful uncertainty, still goes on in the world; and I have no doubt that the majority of married people live more happily than the unmarried. [4]
- And, if unmarried, what a delightful sister-in-law she would be, especially a deceased wife's sister! [4]
- Then, too, there were delightful sights in the Gropius panorama and Fuchs's confectioner's shop--in the one place entertaining things, in the other instructive. [10]
- To form her we must have light and more light--and when it is lighter here the voice of the people down there, which does not sound very delightful up in this hollow space, will diminish somewhat also. [10]
- After leaving Hirsau, we again met the Gallaits in Wildbad and spent some delightful days with them. [10]
- This is the way to live; this is like the Swiss Family Robinson, and all the rest of my delightful acquaintances in romance. [4]
- How delightful it was, too, to be able to give something to the person from whom hitherto she had only received. [10]
- How delightful it was to saunter down the winding road into a region of peace and calm; to see from the safe highway the great giants in all their majesty; to come to vegetation, to the company of familiar trees, and the haunts of men! [4]
- How delightful it was to bring aid! [10]
- George W. Cable was there at the time, and we may believe that in the company of Mark Twain and Osgood those Southern authors passed two or three delightful days. [5]
- But my exhaustion was so great that I fell asleep again, and the dream which followed was so delightful that I did not forget it. [10]
- And so it was possible to have delightful music, and see the honest Germans drink beer, and gossip in friendly fellowship and with occasional hilarity. [4]
- The whole courtyard was permeated by a strong peaceful smell of stable yards, delightful to Pierre at that moment. [2]
- In Bremen I was most cordially received in the family of Mohr, a member of my corps, in whose circle I spent some delightful hours, and also an evening never to be forgotten in the famous old Rathskeller. [10]
- This delightful evening was followed by a day of excitement and grave anxiety. [10]
- At Genoa there was a delightful society, and Irving seems to have been more attracted by that than by the historical curiosities. [4]
- It was a warm, pleasant day, and delightful in the grounds. [11]
- It would be very tiresome staying here, and so four of us ran the quarantine blockade and spent seven delightful days in Seville, Cordova, Cadiz, and wandering through the pleasant rural scenery of Andalusia, the garden of Old Spain. [5]
- I will not venture to say how delightful, because the words would sound extravagant, and would thereby lose some of their strength and to that degree misrepresent me. [5]
- He had promised us, instead of this place of bondage, a new and delightful home where we should dwell free men, amid fruitful fields and rich pastures, which would supply food to every man and his family and make all hearts rejoice. [10]
- He dined with us twice during his short stay, and was most delightful and agreeable. [6]
- It was delightful until I bent to kiss her; then the swan I rode melted into mist, and I plunged headlong down, falling, falling, until I woke. [10]
- The wise men told us of the Delightful Chateau at the gateway of the hills. [11]
- You are going to sunny Italy, our friends had said: as soon as you pass the Brenner you will have sunshine and delightful weather. [4]
- It is easy to see, therefore, why the charm of this delightful place is tarnished. [4]
- Well, it seems to me that that is a very delightful arrangement, Asher--William appears to approve of it, too. [9]
- In a letter to his old comrade, Prince Polgorouki, then Russian Minister at Naples, he recalls the days of their delightful intercourse at the D'Oubrils': "Time dispels charms and illusions. [4]
- The populace desired to have the delightful news confirmed, and to express, by a public demonstration, the grateful joy which filled every heart. [10]
- How is one to handle an opponent who praises one with a delightful irony? [9]
- It was delightful to gaze, at this late hour, into the moonlit street, and she wondered that she had never enjoyed it before. [10]
- Then he proceeded to describe marvels which I was afterwards to witness, but which at that time I did not know whether I ought to consider delightful or quite the contrary. [10]
- He assisted her to alight at her own door, sent the horses home, and offered to come in and give her a lesson in a delightful game that was to do its share in the disintegration of the old and tiresome order of things--bridge. [9]
- At first she thought, "A delightful adventure! [10]
- She no longer thought of Orion but as she might of a beautiful song she once had heard in a delightful hour. [10]
- To my mind this kitchen is the most delightful spot in the world. [11]
- I have made this explanation, this analysis, this vivisection, so to speak, in order that you may enjoy these delightful adventurers understandingly. [5]
- In the forest they were surrounded by delightful shade animated by hundreds of loud and low voices far away and close at hand. [10]
- They were kind, they were delightful, they were interested in him--he occasionally thought--as a somewhat anachronistic phenomenon. [9]
- However delightful all these may be, it is an offense to his individuality to insist that he shall admire at the point of the social bayonet. [4]
- Among these delightful themes stands that of woman, the balm to all our sighs and disappointments, and the most pre-eminent of all other topics. [5]
- We can find them anywhere--the little bits of scenery that please the eye, the pleasant households, the group of delightful people. [4]
- What delightful hours their companionship would bestow if Barbara was provided for at present, now that he himself was no longer obliged to save every shilling so carefully! [10]
- Yes, here was the woman herself, wilful, original, delightful, with a flower-like delicacy joined to a determined and gorgeous audacity. [11]
- The wider became the watery expanse between him and Spain, the farther receded Isabella's memory, the less alluring and delightful grew the thought of possessing her hand. [10]
- To lie in the warm sand, which accommodates itself to any position of the body, and listen to the dash of the waves, is a dreamy and delightful way of spending a summer day. [4]
- Then he struck the top with his clenched fist, and when the Spaniards fixed their eyes on him, shouted in their language: "Yes, indeed, it was delightful in those days, Caballero Navarrete. [10]
- After this battle the three friends were quartered in Castle Gohrde, and there enjoyed a delightful season of rest after months of severe hardships. [10]
- Above it on the steep hillside are vineyards; and a winding path goes up to the Philosopher's Walk, which runs along for a mile or more, giving delightful views of the castle and the glorious woods and hills back of it. [4]
- But all round the solemn monument gardens bloomed in the sunshine, and on the further side of the wall covered with creepers, was the ship-yard, the scene of numberless delightful games. [10]
- But however delightful the scenery of the country might be, its aesthetic attractions did not sufficiently counterbalance its agricultural disadvantages. [4]
- Bald Mountain is the scene of Mrs. Burnett's delightful story of "Louisiana," and of the play of "Esmeralda. [4]
- It happens that the quiet social life of Beverly, Manchester, and that region is delightful, although it is a home rather than a public life. [4]
- At any rate, the place was full of delightful repose. [4]
- The strawberry and the pink are very delightful, but we could be happy without them. [6]
- The beautiful avenue, the open spaces with scattered trees here and there, made this a most delightful excursion. [6]
- How delightful is the memory of these tramps! [10]
- John Bell is the liveliest medical writer that I can remember who has written since the days of delightful old Ambroise Pare. [3]
- One naturally associated the little secret with some member of one of these delightful families. [11]
- From there to the Lake of Thun is a delightful drive,--a rich country, with handsome cottages and a charming landscape, even if the pyramidal Niesen did not lift up its seven thousand feet on the edge of the lake. [4]
- How delightful was the genial air, the light, the blue sky of spring! [4]
- He turned at the door and looked back, and the smile she gave seemed the most delightful thing he had ever seen. [11]
- He spoke after the dinner to the great audience with such beauty and eloquence that all who listened to him have remembered it as one of the most delightful addresses they ever heard. [6]
- He thought of the delightful years during which his face had grown so round, and every day fresh pleasures and spectacles, such as the world would never again witness, had satiated eye and ear, palate and nostril,--nay, even curiosity. [10]
- Almost melancholy is the aspect of its freestone colonial building, where once the colonial legislature held its momentous sessions, and the colonial governor shed the delightful aroma of royalty. [4]
- We congratulated ourselves that we should at least have a night of delightful sleep on the steamboat in the quiet of this secluded harbor. [4]
- It seems probable that the genial companionship of Agassiz, who united with his scientific genius, learning, and renown, most delightful social qualities, gave him a kinder feeling to men of science and their pursuits than he had entertained before that great master came among us. [6]
- They tell me that the delightful informality and freedom of the old life is gone. [4]
- How complete was that harmony remained to be seen, but an apparently unstudied and delightful reticence was noticeable at once. [11]
- This was a surprising and delightful task for her lover. [10]
- I have got such a perfectly delightful razor. [5]
- This place, so strong and delightful in situation, they called Non-such. [4]
- Why should she spoil the delightful drive with her friend, which, besides, was nearly over? [10]
- They smiled, and, somehow, that smile was not delightful to see. [11]
- For it improves some men to wear glasses; and Clovelly had a delightful, wheedling tongue. [11]
- Yet it was so delightful with my mother, the sun around which our little lives revolved! [10]
- On the other side of the bridge he did not at once turn his horse's head homewards; the fresh night air was so delightful, his heart beat so high that he shrunk from the oppression of a room. [10]
- The delightful hospitality shown me at the time of my visit to Oxford I shall cherish until I die. [5]
- Oh, Richard dear," she cried, "how delightful that you should be the helpless one, and dependent on me! [9]
- Well, he had seen all quarters of the globe: he had been for years a traveler, but he had come back here with a stronger love for it than ever; it was to him the most delightful spot on earth, he said. [4]
- It is not seeing, it is seeking that is delightful--so delightful that I would willingly set my life there against another life here for the sake of it. [10]
- Even in the second year of my stay at Kottbus I went to every dance given on the estates in the neighbourhood and visited many a delightful home in the town. [10]
- I will only say that I congratulate Mr. Mayhew; he has certainly made a delightful play out of my rubbish. [5]
- When the sweet savor of the baking reaches his nostrils, he is filled with the most delightful anticipations. [4]
- At my side sat a charming gentleman who was a delightful and active talker, and interesting. [5]
- The rain on Roan was of less annoyance by reason of the delightful company assembled at the hotel, which was in a manner at home there, and, thrown upon its own resources, came out uncommonly strong in agreeableness. [4]
- My delightful friend Rhodopis and I are proud of having been his pupils. [10]
- This family might remind an antiquated novel-reader of the delightful Brangtons in "Evelina;" they had all the vivacity of the pleasant cousins of the heroine of that story, and the same generosity towards the public in regard to their family affairs. [4]
- Not until Eva released her did Els exclaim in merry amazement: "So it was delightful, my darling? [10]
- Her features were regular, her eyes of a greyish violet, her chin strong, yet not too strong--the chin of a singer; her hands had that charming quiet certainty of movement possessed by so few; and her colour was of the most delightful health. [11]
- There is something quite delightful to witness in the absorption and devotion of a genuine specialist. [6]
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