take pleasure
Example Sentences
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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
He seems to take pleasure in making everything personal.
From Slate ● Nov. 8, 2025
But when the preferred outcome does not materialise, they can take pleasure in the joy they have provided to over 50,000 people in the stadium and countless millions watching worldwide.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2023
Few of us who are good human beings would take pleasure in that.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2023
For a while I could almost detach myself from the place and its history and take pleasure in it purely as an archaeological site.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
