Creatures whose chief delight comes from thwarting, surprising, or befuddling others, making the Tymbrimi seem staid by comparison.

The book is about a young lad, Nils Holgersson, whose "chief delight was to eat and sleep, and after that he liked best to make mischief".

They have an idea that what is not seen by others is not important, but with us the rooms we live in are our chief delight and care, and we pay no attention to outside show.

To a ewe with a prolapsed uterus after lambing - a job whose chief delight was comparing it with the sweat of replacing a uterus in a cow.

O son, in whom my soul hath chief delight, Son of my bosom, Son who art alone.

A chief delight of strolling on East 60th Street is discovering each shop's specialty.

The Park might then have a chance to return to the 'wild character' which is its chief delight.

Painswick is another Cotswold stone gem, but its chief delight is the 18th-century Rococo garden, which has been lovingly restored after decades of neglect.

And naval affairs are his chief delight, alas.

The name of your boss, your Picentine upstart boss whose chief delight is destroying every tradition and custom Rome owns!