Example sentences for: hedonism

How can you use “hedonism” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Since the 1960s, Mallorca has shone in its role as Spain’s tourism juggernaut, defining the extremes of a Mediterranean holiday: the unbridled hedonism of topless beaches and singles bars, and the lethargic, point A (hotel) to point B (beach) vacation.

  • Madrid flourished in the early 1980s, as characterized by la movida, a hip cultural explosion that rejected the repression of the Franco era through acts of hedonism and creative films, music and theater.

  • Staged in February (and occasionally March), Carnival is celebrated through the streets of Funchal with Brazilian-style samba rhythms — but don’t expect the hedonism or sensuality of the type of celebrations in Rio or Tenerife, Spain.

  • Mojo-less, Austin panics when the opportunity comes to shag CIA agent Felicity Shagwell (Heather Graham); mojo-laden, Dr. Evil leaps into bed with his heretofore lesbian henchwoman Frau Farbissina (Mindy Sterling) but, post-coitus, cannot maintain a guiltless hedonism: "It got weird, didn't it?"

  • Adolescent drift and empty hedonism can't be brushed off merely as a phase, readily outgrown.


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