pleasure
Example Sentences
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A great song offers pleasure, but a great album – no skips – is a doorway.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
He was the sole insured driver of the vehicle, and only for "social, domestic and pleasure purposes".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
“Another quiet British pleasure has slipped away; another modest national treasure, taken for granted, undervalued and now lost,” Sandy Rich, founder of Tregeagle Fine Art, wrote in a post on Instagram.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
But on the bestsellers display at your favorite local indie, it represents the small pleasure of palming a near-pocket-size book in your hands.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Like Papi, I could no longer even take pleasure in Karli’s playfulness.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Vocabulary lists containing pleasure
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