Sentence examples for present delights from inspiring English sources

Great entertainment tends to wear the mask of charm; it pretends, with its clear and present delights, to be simpler than it is.

Remakings of the past can offer us a new and fresh awareness of our present delights and dilemmas which can, in turn, inspire us to truly visionary approaches to present-day systemic injustices.

Let it not be for present delight, nor for present use alone; let it be such work as our descendants will thank us for... and that men will say, as they look upon the labor and wrought substance of them, 'See! this our fathers did for us.' ".

Think of a wonderful holiday morning with the family, an unexpected present that delights you, or seeing the first smile on your infant's face.

This does not eliminate the contrast between concupiscible and the irascible passions, but it does produce a different taxonomy: there are affects directed at good simpliciter (liking, love, reverence), as well as at present good (delight), and at future good (desire, hope).

After four years, he returns during a celebration and all present are delighted.

Lachance said Real Desire would most likely present Bettor's Delight with his biggest challenge.

But it's rare to be in a room where everyone present is simply delighted to see one person back on a stage, and waves of goodwill wash from the audience towards Phillipps.

One of them has appeared at apparently every single venue so far, and next week their heads may well be popping up in cartoon form from inside the Kazakhstan lady wrestlers' jockstraps – the first week has been a mesmerising, intelligently presented week of delights which I, among many others, frankly hadn't expected.

A great holiday present that should delight wine lovers be they female or male– is Kathyrn Hall's 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon ($150), which comes packaged with gourmet chocolates by legendary chocolatier Jacques Torres.

I am delighted to present a column from The Oldie by John McEntee.