What is "delight in"

Usage examples of "delight in".

The dear reader will not be surprised to hear that she has joined that select number of fair women who, nominally 'kept' by wealthy lovers, take delight in relieving the pains of numerous adorers, and enjoy along the winding paths of intrigue the voluptuous pleasures to be gathered, like flowers, along their shaded ways.

He owned thirty wardrobes and took delight in changing from one to another as his belly and buttocks and thighs grew.

But can there be one person, one man alone who could treasure me, delight in my presence, cherish me?

He took too much delight in tormenting those junior to him, always in ways which didn't, quite, violate the letter of the regulations.

She started to put it on, gazing at the blank bulkhead as she ignored her guards, and under their surface delight in mocking and humiliating her, she sensed their deeper bafflement and anger.

Mary took great delight in arranging it with her own hands, and adorning it for the reception of the loved inmate.