Sentence examples for engine of delight from inspiring English sources
Utterly amoral, this painting is a depraved engine of delight.
" 'Gringos' is an engine of pure delight" driven by "Portis's love for his characters, for Mexico, for all the magnificent eccentricities and pathos and comedy of both," Robert Houston wrote in these pages in 1991.
At times, she experiments too much - with alliteration, compound adjectives and short verbless sentences - and in so doing her book becomes an engine of self-delight, a work of exhibitionism: look at me! Yet, once she relaxes into her style, the exuberance and magical readability of her narrative compels the suspension of all critical judgment.
A column that celebrates drinking should pause every once in a while to celebrate not drinking, given that alcohol is a two-edged sword: catalyst for delight and engine of destruction; handled with restraint by some people, abused and best avoided entirely by others.
The Spitfire's engine's once kinetic fury And Donatello's layered appetite Are Humanism's judge and jury, The Alpha and Omega of delight.
Our transports of delight disappear.
Audience in tumults of delight!
This is a transport of delight.
Results identify a set of appraisal dimensions that are antecedents of delight.
