derive pleasure from

Example Sentences

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Perhaps because the multitudes derive pleasure from observing wealthy people getting dragged through the mud.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

There's a condition called anhedonia, which is where you really just can't derive pleasure from life.

From Salon • Jun. 12, 2022

I derive pleasure from suspending disbelief, imagining the characters I interact with as alive, their words and deeds organic and authentic, not a series of 1s and 0s strung together by someone else.

From The Verge • Jan. 11, 2022

Because there’s no outside stimulation — internet, books and TV are prohibited — the Islanders form bonds quickly and derive pleasure from mundane things.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2019

I would commend to any sardonic psychologist whose "malice" leads him to derive pleasure from the little weaknesses of philosophers, to turn his attention to the ideal systems of supposedly "pure thought."

From The Complex Vision by Powys, John Cowper