derive pleasure
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
For what it’s worth, in the 1960s, a tobacco executive took a similar position before Congress, saying: “millions of persons throughout the world derive pleasure and enjoyment from smoking.”
From The Verge • Oct. 28, 2021
They are trying to derive pleasure and comfort from time spent with friends and family and their shared experiences.
From Washington Post • Jul. 9, 2021
It is quite possible to derive pleasure from the Faerie Queene by attending to the leading words, and, for the rest, floating onward on the melody.
From Milton by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
