for mere pleasure

Example Sentences

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Now that I am married," and here she gazed at me with those tender, truthful eyes, "I seem not to care for mere pleasure.

From A Modern Buccaneer by Boldrewood, Rolf

No, no!" said I, "I did not make this for mere pleasure, nor is it even intended as a weapon; the arrows are pointless.

From The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island by Wyss, Jean Rudolph

The French, indeed, travel so little for mere pleasure that, whenever they do so, they think it useless to make a fuss about what seems to them a part and parcel of the journey.

From Holidays in Eastern France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

There will be plenty of dangers in our excursion without seeking them out for mere pleasure.

From Adventures of a Young Naturalist by Gillmore, Parker

In the year 1799 few people thought of travelling for mere pleasure.

From The Wreckers of Sable Island by Oxley, J. Macdonald (James Macdonald)