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worldly pleasures
noun as in cakes and ale
Example Sentences
This did not satisfy his soul, and he resorted to worldly pleasures, but neither did he find satisfaction in them.
Charmed with the pomp of worldly pleasures, I endeavor to show them that they are all vanity and deceit.
St. Hubert was originally a nobleman of Aquitaine, much addicted to all worldly pleasures, and especially to that of the chase.
For himself he had little need of company and worldly pleasures: he was also of few words, and was a God-fearing man.
I knew him well for a selfish, heartless fellow, whose very soul had been drowned in worldly pleasures.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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