Preposition: with

• fever: I remember seeing my father delirious with fever get out of bed to say his prayers five times a day.

• excitement: The small number of Albion fans on the opposite side of the ground immediately went delirious with excitement.

• happiness: Messages have arrived by the dozen from groups delirious with happiness that I am back in parliament.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• send: Billy McLeod sent the defense the wrong way before firing home a memorable winner to send the home supporters delirious with excitement.

Used with adjective complement

• become: On the morning of Thursday 21st July he became delirious.

• go: I had to hold on to one lad who went delirious.

• get: Andy Thorn: I was getting delirious with the heat.

• lie: There was nothing for me to do but offer comfort to the others, who were now lying delirious in their respective bunks.

• see: Next, three girls in bright dresses dance in time to the music and we see Delirious?

Modifying Another Word

• almost: Almost delirious with terror, she tells her mother what she has just seen.

• so: I was so delirious, I told my mom that Jesus was coming.

• not: He had been unconscious ever since a week last Monday night, but he was not delirious.

• now: City's fans were now delirious, Forest's trying to get out and go home, they'd seen enough.

Modifies a noun

• state: In my delirious state I began to think I might never get better.

• scene: He was mobbed in delirious scenes at the finish.

• effect: Watching the film again with English subtitles the delirious effect is not diluted.

• pop: The band brings their delirious pop back home for what is bound to be a riotous gig.

• dream: He is eventually dumped in a ditch by the cow where - in a delirious dream - he dances with nymphs.

• fan: Afterward Valencia's delirious fans staged a street party outside the stadium, complete with booming firecrackers.