bodily pleasure

Example Sentences

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The film's setting may be historical, but its overarching theme – of a world where food and bodily pleasure are seen as polluting, even as millions starve – is not.

From Salon • Dec. 19, 2022

As the cerebral writer who finally finds bodily pleasure with the fiery, unpredictable Vita, Debicki demonstrates a grounded nuance and brings new elements to her range.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2019

Its streets were "as smooth as the floor of a ballroom," its waters were rippled by "an endless procession of barges." its courtiers were "intent upon nothing but bodily pleasure and the delights of society."

From Time Magazine Archive

An account written by Marco Polo reported that Hasan educated the Fida'is to believe every conceivable bodily pleasure awaited them after death.

From Time Magazine Archive

To be saved from bodily pain in the next life, and to have bodily pleasure instead. 

From Westminster Sermons with a Preface by Kingsley, Charles