revel in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

revel in the PONS Dictionary

revel Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to revel in sth/doing sth
se délecter de qc/à faire qc
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As he reveled in this revelation, he came around a corner and found himself confronting a gray church.
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They held the usual court events, such as dances, but did not participate in the revels.
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He maintains that butoh is a dialogue with the gravity, while other dance forms tend to revel in escape from gravity.
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They are fully capable of breathing fire, and revel in wreaking destruction and havoc on almost anything that moves.
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The poem's speaker revels in his position between the lustful relationship of the sun and earth.
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It would be a community that sought to overcome itself - continually transforming itself and revelling in the knowledge of its power to do so.
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If a team had a good year the film often revels in each victory, while breezing through, or skipping altogether, losses during the season.
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This effervescent throwback escapes corniness by reveling in its pure joy and as such, it becomes one of the highlights of the album.
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A meta-analysis of studies conducted between 2001 and 2010 reveled a rate of 5 episodes/1,000 flight-years.
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While he was a learned and virtuous man, his wife revelled in quarelling, behaving totally opposite to his wishes.
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