physical pleasure
Example Sentences
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The things people value in life—for example, a just society, good health, beautiful art, physical pleasure, and supportive friendships—contribute to their well-being.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Bouzid makes the case that before religious restrictions maligned hedonism, Arab art and philosophy advocated for physical pleasure.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2022
More immediately, atonement connects us to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement in the Jewish calendar, set aside for penitential fasting, prayer, and abstention from physical pleasure.
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2020
Like her, I took a deep and almost physical pleasure in the discoveries the book-a-day challenge produced.
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2019
No hemorrhages or fires, but it was a surprising physical pleasure, a brief taste of freedom, to run as best she could in her starched apron to the hospital entrance.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
