pleasure
Example Sentences
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Finally, these are his late wife’s children too, and being able to support them this way in her absence must give him a lot of pleasure.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
Aristotle recognized that we take pleasure in viewing fictional representations of tragedies, suffering and mutilated corpses that would repulse us if we confronted them in reality.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026
Paice said it was always a pleasure to visit Japan, but called the meeting an "added bonus".
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
It was not about coaxing the maximum possible pleasure out of a cut of meat.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
He’d be impressed by that, because he’d run for town council once and was always talking about “what a pleasure and a privilege it is for one citizen to serve another.”
From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen
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