worldly pleasures

Example Sentences

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“I was in a period of mourning and I didn’t want to give myself worldly pleasures because I thought it would make me feel icky or sad.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Pilgrims enter into a state of spiritual purity known as "ihram" that is aimed at shedding symbols of materialism, giving up worldly pleasures and focusing on the inner self over outward appearance.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2018

Followers view life as a little more than a transitional phase and are contemptuous of worldly pleasures.

From Washington Times • Sep. 23, 2017

All the worldly pleasures that they have missed during their deployment would again be available.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2010

Then in the silent cabinet He in imagination saw The time when Melancholy's claw 'Mid worldly pleasures chased him yet, Caught him and by the collar took And shut him in a lonely nook.

From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Spalding, Henry