Sentence examples for minor delights from inspiring English sources

To focus entirely on the rascals, however, was to miss the minor delights (Al Gore in his shiny cowboy boots) and the happier star turns, such as that by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who made a sniffling, coughing Hamid Karzai laugh (with hoary witticisms like "It is better to jaw-jaw rather than war-war") at a C.G.I. panel on managing diversity in the globalized world.

Once upon a time Encores! was all about rediscovering and restoring unheralded scores, and a return to this worthy purpose reveals a minor delight here.

Second, "Don't Come Knocking " is a minor delight, imperfect but poignant; some of its images and colors are indelibly lodged in my head.

The plot is brilliantly articulated: storylines present themselves to her with effortless and enviable ease, and her minor characters are a delight.

And so, in this hour and change we were allowed to delight in minor figures like Lyanna Mormont, parse out narrative congruities like Jon's assumption of Robb's "King in the North" rallying cry, and feel flattered by details like Cersei's new Lion-motif crown or the newly painted sails of Daenerys's fleet embarking to the accompaniment of dragons and a nutty choral arrangement.

After Rapper's Delight, the trio had minor successes with songs such as Apache and 8th Wonder, but faded away.

Now, the same press corps that Suskind showed up so many times seems to delight in pointing out minor errors in his nearly 500-page tome.

The only certainty a delight to shareholders, but a minor tragedy to hard-core gamers is that Sega is finally going from dreamy to practical.

Those who also delight in absurdism that yields even minor revelations may be disappointed in "Lawn".

Mr. Rado said he was delighted that Ms. Marshall was incorporating the minor changes he has made to the script over the last decades.

You could call them cardboard characters, pierced and flattened for the delight of the crowd, but Aronofsky cast the minor roles with real wrestlers, and you believe in every scourging of the flesh.