pleasurable

Example Sentences

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We must behave in a manner that is pleasurable and inoffensive to them, in a manner that aligns with the characters on their favorite television show.

From Salon • Jan. 2, 2026

Endorphins are the brain's "happy chemicals" and are released both to reduce stress and pain and in response to pleasurable experiences, such as laughing with friends over a truly terrible Christmas cracker joke.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

Her fingers moved across my face like a pianist working through complicated scales as she tackled lymphatic drainage and the loosening of my jaw — a pleasurable experience that wasn’t uncomfortable even once.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

But by the end of Season 11, the cast dynamics were too broken to make for a pleasurable viewing experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

We hanker to go on, even in the face of plain evidence that long, long lives are not necessarily pleasurable in the kind of society we have arranged thus far.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas