pleasure
Example Sentences
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A great song offers pleasure, but a great album – no skips – is a doorway.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
Disillusioned by painting around 1913, Duchamp employed these objects to shift art from optical pleasure to conceptual provocation.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
But on the bestsellers display at your favorite local indie, it represents the small pleasure of palming a near-pocket-size book in your hands.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Series six began in April, garnering an early four-star review from the Guardian, who said it was "still reality TV gold and a total pleasure".
From BBC • May 21, 2026
She spun out the pleasure of the cold drink as long as possible.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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