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He satirized American middle-class life as pleasure seeking and mindless.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

Dorian’s pleasure seeking next leads him to a greenhouse displaying the world’s rarest orchid.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2014

Lashing out at consumers who are "given to pleasure seeking," he called for more unglamorous projects, such as the construction of roads, bridges and energy facilities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Think well, again, thou mayst forever part From pleasure, seeking pleasure o'er the main.

From Across the Sea and Other Poems. by Chard, Thomas S.

The day is spent in feasting, pleasure seeking, and in making New Year's calls.

From My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young by Cox, James