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
He was the sole insured driver of the vehicle, and only for "social, domestic and pleasure purposes".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The pleasure here is less in the story than in the Fleischers’ artfulness in rendering such moments as Superman deploying his cape to shield Lois Lane from an oncoming rush of lava.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
He would begin a performance with Glass at the piano, bestowing an ingratiating quality of quiet pleasure on Ginsberg’s flowery imagery.
From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026
Nighthand gave a roar of pleasure so loud, it caused the longma to shy and buck in the air.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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