revel in something

Examples of revel

revel
It included variants of 'cruel song' with a sentimental plea for pity, and songs that revelled in the criminal or semi-criminal milieu.
The introductory statement reads : ' ' though we are repelled at the sight of man turned beast _ we revel to see beast turn man !
The differing rates are most noticeable among the past tense forms of verbs, where for channeled, labeled, reveled, unraveled, the differences are 20% or more.
It is a characteristic of the young student who has any feeling for style to revel in fine words.
Within optimistic concepts it became possible to revel in nature, to individually feel joy while beholding a landscape or a microscopic animal.
It revels in an indifference to the rules of obedience to arbitrary external exercises of power.
Along the way they both test and revel in their friendships; it is a representation of "pure" homosociality (without the interference of heterosexual attraction).
Instead, they revel in being able to choose the best roles - in scripts written by others.
For those who followed the impulse to natural theology, to revel in the beauty of nature was not simply pleasure.
Its response to this is to revel in the dreamlike forest scenes it establishes.
Turn of the century shopkeepers who dealt in kangas revelled in the never-ending marketing opportunities presented by continuously changing color, pattern and design combinations.
Some travelers will revel in one region, some in another.
Improvisers both resist and revel in conventions associated with their instrument.
Many of the children at this nursery seemed to revel in the physical freedom they were given and exploited it to the full.
In 1769 elements of carnival and popular revel were accordingly built into the tribute.
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