pleasure - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • derive: She still derives much pleasure from the visits of Old Boys.
  • listen: There's some reviews on the press page and the title track is on the audio page for your listening pleasure.
  • enjoy: School children can enjoy the pleasure of a storytelling session with the added association of their football heroes.
  • discover: Smith had to take coercion out of the equation and let the horse discover the pleasure of speed.
  • deny: But after having finally managed to get something off his adversary after six years fighting, he was denied the pleasure of victory.

Adjective modifier

  • sensual: Your love escape ticket contains six romantic surprises specially designed to guide you and your lover through and evening of exciting and sensual pleasures.
  • sheer: He has spent his life traveling all over the world to celebrate his passion for the sheer pleasure of driving.
  • guilty: It might be a guilty pleasure you like to indulge in.
  • dubious: Here there was a chorus from my research team about the dubious pleasures of actually getting to and from most salons.
  • immense: I recently had the immense pleasure of attending a seminar with Master Jeff Bolt.
  • absolute: Training on Monday and tonight have been an absolute pleasure.

Modifies a noun

  • angler: Watch for match and pleasure anglers throwing leftover bait off a platform and fish it a few hours later!
  • steamer: Even the tourist pleasure steamer gave way to sail during its trips through the racing area.
  • craft: Under pleasure craft insurance, theft is, in general terms, an insured risk in respect of the vessel herself.
  • boater: Christopher Grundy born 1927 Also known as Crick With his family an early pleasure boater and activist for the Inland Waterways Association.
  • cruiser: Many of these craft were small pleasure cruisers used on the River Thames.
  • boat: Nowadays the basin is full of moored pleasure boats.

Noun used with modifier

  • thames: Ocean-going vessels navigate to the upper part of the river through Tower thames pleasure cruises Bridge: these are mainly cruise ships.
  • viewing: None of those do, however, detract in any way from the viewing pleasure you get out of these episodes.
  • listening: For pure listening pleasure, particularly for your DVD software, this card supports current surround sound standards.

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