Sentence examples for explosion of delight from inspiring English sources

I feel I have first hand experience of this theory, for hearing the news that I'd got the commission was an explosion of delight, followed instantly by an implosion of brain-freezing terror.

Kay, who won the Kate Greenaway Medal for his illustrations of Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls in 2012, said "the commission of a lifetime" brought "an explosion of delight, followed instantly by an implosion of brain-freezing terror".

Safina's 4-6, 7-6, 6-0 was greeted with an immense explosion of delight on the main court, the Russian now being every bit as popular as her brother, Marat Safin, and this may be decisive when she meets Svetlana Kuznetsova today for a place in Saturday's final.

When it was announced, in 2013, that Kay would be illustrating the Harry Potter series for a special edition set, the artist, who had previously won the Kate Greenaway Medal for his work in the children's book A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, admitted to the Guardian that he felt "an explosion of delight, followed instantly by an implosion of brain-freezing terror".

There's an initial shock an explosion of laughter and delight at the flagrant breaking of taboos.

This was just before Easter, and he pointed out the big holiday display practically in the doorway, an in-our-face explosion of color and delight that herded us away from the exit.

The President of Tynwald, Clare Christian, said the victory triggered an "explosion of pride and delight" across the island as people watched in pubs and homes.

You could see it in the way she looked at a painting or a waterfall .But it's not all bursts of light and gasps of delight and explosions of sexual ecstasy.

Having delivered Tosca's desperate imprecation, Gheorghiu waits for the orchestra's final explosion, then adds an orgasmic whimper of delight - a mellifluous 'Ooooh' that signals her pleasure in her own performance.

In the words of Heather Havrilesky – another Catholic white girl whose world was swiftly expanded by Prince's teachings – from her beautiful eulogy: "While the rest of the world was flat-lining, Prince was an explosion of colour and sensual delights.

That story, whispered, variously, through snarls of envy and smirks of delight, speaks volumes about this controlled explosion of machismo".