He bounced exuberantly on the sagging bed and was even more delighted when Madame Lalaurie -- after closing the door -- showed the slave that the bed was designed for something other than slumber.

Harriet was just as delighted.

I was delighted to make that personal contact in such trying and unusual circumstances.

He was delighted to learn that the Post Office Department is now going to expand this service to deliver mail from Representatives in Congress to their constituents without the use of stamps, names, addresses or even zone numbers.

The ladies were delighted and Jean Jacques was applauded.

During the year that followed, Dick co-operated whole-heartedly with the dentist and was delighted with the final result achieved -- an upper row of strong straight teeth that completely changed his facial appearance.

She was not present yesterday, however, to enjoy the music or watch the faces of the delighted audience.

I was delighted with Paula Prentiss' comedy performance, which was as fresh and unstilted as one's highest hopes might ask.

To both persons and ideas he brought the same delighted interest, the same open-minded relish for what was unique in each, the same discriminating sensibility and quicksilver intelligence, the same gallantry of judgment.

He stepped out into the hall, was delighted to encounter a water brother.

Albert, who was a man of great strength and considerable skill in feats of arms, delighted in tournaments and knightly exercises.

Patkin's appearance in the coaching box was the sort of promotional stunt that delighted fans but infuriated the American League front office.

In 1750 an elaborate prospectus announced the project to a delighted public, and in 1751 the first volume was published.

He was delighted with the enthusiasm of a born casuist in curious puzzles of right and wrong, and in devising a conflict between the generalities of ethics and the conditions of an ingeniously contrived practical dilemma.

The composer was delighted with it, and Trial by Jury was composed in a matter of weeks.

But the Hollywood press, unaccustomed to candor, was delighted.

He was described as having been " delighted to be called the mistress, the wife, the queen of Hierocles " and was said to have offered vast sums of money to any physician who could equip him with female genitalia.

He was especially attracted by John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, and he delighted in reading history.

He delighted in the folklore of this remote district, and became, as he himself tells us, a ‘ tale-teller .’ The ‘ applause of my companions ,’ he says, ‘ was my recompense for punishments incurred for being idle .’ These conditions developed a love of poetry and the composition of verses and ballads.

The project took one year and exceeded its budget, but Zeckendorf was delighted with the results.

You see, he lied to us when he said he was leavin alone ''.

He was too old -- when he passed up and through the corridor of pines that lined the trail he could see ahead, he was passing from life.

Now under me I could see him for what he really was, a boy dressed up in streaks of paint.

It was pitiful to see the thin ranks of warriors, old and young, wheeling and twisting their ponies frantically from side to side only to be tumbled bleeding from their saddles by the relentless slam, slam of the cruelly efficient Hawkinses.

I decided to see no more of the clerk until the processing of my papers was completed.

Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.

Barton was relieved to see that Carl Dill and Emmett Foster had brought extra mounts.

When they reached their neighbor's house, Pamela said a few polite words to Grace and kissed Melissa lightly on the forehead, the impulse prompted by a stray thought -- of the type to which she was frequently subject these days -- that they might never see one another again.

`` Yeah, I can see that '', the friend was forced to agree.

And she was deeply thankful that she could see her now, out there in the midst of a gay, youthful circle, skipping and singing, `` Farmer in the dell, Farmer in the dell, Heigh-ho the dairy-oh, the farmer in the dell ''.

She was glad, completely and unselfishly glad, to see that things were working out the right way for both Sally and Dan.

As far as he could see there was no hole to climb through it.

It was all Greg had time to see.

Her form was silhouetted and with the strong light I could see the outlines of her body, a body that an artist or anyone else would have admired.

It was embarrassing to see strapping, blonde Brassnose comport himself like a child who talks about bogeymen.

Our lifeboat was filling rapidly and despite what I had heard of the inhabitants of Eromonga, I was glad to see a long and graceful outrigger manned by three bronzed girls glide out of a lagoon into the open sea and toward our craft.

What had caught his attention was obscured by the car itself, so that neither the girl nor the truck drivers could see, but Benson knew what it was.

He was less to see, but Feathertop took him in, too, just to keep the records straight.

They went down in a heap and for a long minute there was nothing to see but flailing arms and legs.

He was not enthusiastic over the newly acquired Claude Lorrain, but reminisced with pleasure over a Poussin exhibit he had been able to see in Paris a year ago.

Ann, pleased to see her friend happy, was intrigued by the new fruits a friend of Captain Heard had sent on board for their enjoyment.

If she were not at home, Mama would see to it that a fresh white rose was there.