pleasurable

Example Sentences

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Even the things we do in pleasurable solitude can help us connect to one another.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The particular choice of pattern or cartoon character for that first plate is a decision that feels weighty but pleasurable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 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

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

All pleasurable things, all travel and sports and entertainment and good food and fine clothes, are in the very shortest supply, always were and always will be.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles