pleasurable

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The prose is clean and lucid, characters and cityscapes fully rendered, and “The Forsyte Saga” creates the pleasurable illusion that it might never end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But by the end of Season 11, the cast dynamics were too broken to make for a pleasurable viewing experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

The Air was very pleasurable to hold and impressed his friends, but didn’t work as his primary device, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

One study found that cues associated with highly pleasurable foods activate the reward centers in the brain, and the degree of activation predicts weight gain.

From Salon • Oct. 13, 2025

Yet, even though looking at most works of art is a pleasurable enough experience, to appreciate fully what’s going on requires certain skills and knowledge.

From "The Annotated Mona Lisa" by Carol Strickland and John Boswell