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Examples
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"Delightful" isn't usually a design goal for software engineers.
Microsoft's mobile ambitions ride on new Windows Phone 7 handsets John Cox 2010
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"Delightful," observed Aunt Beatrix, 'and they say it will be another splendid day tomorrow.
Paradise For Two Neels, Betty 1989
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"Delightful," murmured the Baron, quite unmoved by her crossness.
Cruise To A Wedding Neels, Betty 1974
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"Delightful," said Belle-bouche, smelling a violet.
The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 Anonymous
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"Delightful," said Tom, but in a tone of voice that did not encourage the
The Inn at the Red Oak Latta Griswold
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"Delightful," said Miss Forrester, looking a little surprised at finding the troupe playing a return date without having booked it in advance.
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"Delightful," said Madame Valtesi, with a face of stone.
The Green Carnation Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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"Delightful" can be such jargon and mean nothing -- or, at any rate, nothing more than amiability.
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"Delightful" can be such jargon and mean nothing -- or, at any rate, nothing more than amiability.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 5, 1916 Various 1898
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"Delightful," he growled with, positively, a flash of anger at the recollection, but lapsed back into his solemnity at once.
Chance Joseph Conrad 1890
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