Example sentences for: pleasurable

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

  • While it is the function of metaphor to conceal the unmentionables, it is likewise the pleasurable business of etymology to expose them.

  • Ten minutes before the movie ended, Chatterbox realized that the terror just wasn't going to happen, and his feelings of pleasurable anticipation quickly gave way to feelings of inadequacy.

  • Freely flowing “comps” (complimentary food, drink, and entertainment) were the order of the day, with mob bosses content to provide an environment of pleasurable excess as long as the cash kept rolling in.

  • Why is the prospect of a New York Senate campaign between Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani so rich and pleasurable?

  • Onomatopoeia has a long, honorable, and pleasurable history—from Aristophanes' brek-ke-kex ko-ax ko-ax to Kermit's ribbet, ribbet —from majestic lines in ancient epic poetry to simple, homey words like plop, splash , and murmur . In every language and time, the sound and look of some words have given clues to their meaning: their sound has suggested their sense.


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