Verb
take delight in (third-person singular simple present takes delight in, present participle taking delight in, simple past took delight in, past participle taken delight in)
(idiomatic) To enjoy.
How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge? Franz Kafka
Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. W. Somerset Maugham
Nothing in the world is permanent, and we're foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely we're still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it. If change is of the essence of existence one would have thought it only sensible to make it the premise of our philosophy. W. Somerset Maugham
Fanfiction lets you share the kind of story you like with other people who take delight in it, too, and lets you participate in making that sort of story for those people... Arkady Martine
If thou continuest to take delight in idle argumentation thou mayest be qualified to combat with the sophists, but will never know how to live with men. Socrates