delight in

delight in (someone or something)

To derive joy from someone or something. I delight in my students—their curiosity keeps my passion for teaching alive. With the way my son delights in being on stage, I think he should really pursue a career in acting. Call me a jerk, but I couldn't help but delight in my enemy's failure.
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delight in someone or something

to take great pleasure in someone or something. I delight in your interest in my work. We all delight in James. What a fine boy!
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

delight in

v.
To derive great pleasure or joy from something or someone: The happy couple delighted in taking romantic walks through the park.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs. Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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I NEVER usually write to newspapers or call radio phone-ins --but I'm fed up with some people who do, especially the petty-minded spoilers who delight in slating Liverpool and finding fault with everything about the place,particularly since we won the Capital of Culture title.
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A certain radio phone-in show, whose ignorant,oafish presenter took great delight in trotting out all the pathetic old cliches ab out shell suits,crime and opensewers.
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We navigated through the tranquil semidarkness of the historical flicks, were transported by a few clips that were as mesmerizing as incunabula, then parked in a space decorated in a kitschy, pseudo-Arabic style, free to browse through films that could be viewed on video monitors and to delight in all kinds of musicals, both saccharine and moving.
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