(n.) The gratification of the senses or of the mind; agreeable sensations or emotions; the excitement, relish, or happiness produced by the expectation or the enjoyment of something good, delightful, or satisfying; -- opposed to pain, sorrow, etc.
(n.) Amusement; sport; diversion; self-indulgence; frivolous or dissipating enjoyment; hence, sensual gratification; -- opposed to labor, service, duty, self-denial, etc.
(n.) What the will dictates or prefers as gratifying or satisfying; hence, will; choice; wish; purpose.
(n.) That which pleases; a favor; a gratification.
(v. t.) To give or afford pleasure to; to please; to gratify.
(v. i.) To take pleasure; to seek pursue pleasure; as, to go pleasuring.
Example Sentences:
(1) The bank tellers who saw their positions filled by male superiors took special pleasure in going to the bank and keeping them busy.
(2) Black males with low intentions to use condoms reported significantly more negative attitudes about the use of condoms (eg, using condoms is disgusting) and reacted with more intense anger when their partners asked about previous sexual contacts, when a partner refused sex without a condom, or when they perceived condoms as interfering with foreplay and sexual pleasure.
(3) Walking for pleasure was generally the most common physical activity for both sexes throughout the year.
(4) I like to think of Shakespeare as one delicious smorgasbord that I have a lifelong pleasure in eating.
(5) Saudi Arabia As one might imagine, Saudi television rather wants for the bounty we enjoy here - reality shows in which footballers' mistresses administer handjobs to barnyard animals, and all those other things which make living in the godless west such a pleasure.
(6) The clashes between the moralistic Levin and his friend Oblonsky, sometimes affectionate, sometimes angry, and Levin's linkage of modernity to Oblonsky's attitudes – that social mores are to be worked around and subordinated to pleasure, that families are base camps for off-base nooky – undermine one possible reading of Anna Karenina , in which Anna is a martyr in the struggle for the modern sexual freedoms that we take for granted, taken down by the hypocritical conservative elite to which she, her lover and her husband belong.
(7) Data from human and animal studies indicate a correlation between ictal pleasure or reinforcement and the subject's ability to induce seizures.
(8) I have had the awe-inducing pleasure of standing alone among the giant trees, both sequoias and redwoods, and hearing nothing but the chatter of the squirrels and the high wind in the tallest branches.
(9) Nondrinkers reported a greater likelihood of both positive and negative effects; heavier drinkers reported more pleasurable effects.
(10) A survey last year found that almost 4 million British adults never read books for pleasure , and as in Pellerin’s case, a lack of time was the dominant factor.
(11) We like to enjoy ourselves, if you enjoy the way you play you’ll win a lot of games.” It is a long time, and several managers, since Sunderland fans have derived any sustained pleasure from observing their team in action and sure enough, watching Allardyce’s charges was once again, a somewhat gruelling experience.
(12) (Like humans, they have sex for pleasure as well as for procreation.)
(13) But a big part of the High Line's success is its planting and landscaping, which is intelligent, imaginative and well considered, in the way it converts industrial relics into a place of urban pleasure.
(14) There is an enjoyment that comes with owning it, a pleasure, but also he is an astute businessman.
(15) He confessed to over-indulgence in this pleasure at some stages of his life, and to the recreational use of drugs.
(16) The opposite of a guilty pleasure: a guilty torture.
(17) We would have been denied the pleasure of seeing the official Tongan team anorak, for a start, and it was a bit special, wasn’t it?
(18) "It gives them a sense of pleasure when they believe that they've destroyed me or taken me down.
(19) No changes in plasma beta-endorphin or ACTH concentrations were observed with pentagastrin nor after the meal, despite the combination of very high sensory pleasure with intake of a very large amount of food.
(20) It was the book that turned me on to the intoxicating pleasure of theatre criticism and – well-thumbed and much borrowed from – it has stayed with me ever since.
Promenade
Definition:
(n.) A walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.
(n.) A place for walking; a public walk.
(v. i.) To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise.
Example Sentences:
(1) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Flowers and written tributes are laid on the Promenade des Anglais.
(2) • In Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, seafront properties along the promenade were again evacuated to a rest centre at a local school.
(3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The beach and the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, photographed on Sunday.
(4) Everyone is so positive,” said Jodie Evans , a co-founder of Code Pink, as her troupe advanced down Third Street Promenade.
(5) Not only is this the city’s best-known and most historic lido, it’s also Europe’s largest, with a 1,275 metre expanse of sandy beach and impressive 1920s “New Objectivity” architecture that houses a promenade of pizza, beer and ice-cream stalls.
(6) New Brighton Main road outside (now flooded) Morrisons on The Wirral Peninsula Sent via Guardian Witness By Rexkramer 5 December 2013, 14:24 Promenade New Brighton Promenade Road New Brighton, Wirral...they are waves not clouds!
(7) At Rada, he experimented with promenade productions of Shakespeare, and persuaded the Samuel Beckett estate to let him stage the radio play All That Fall in 2008.
(8) The promenade was reopened on Saturday morning as France began three days of national mourning and Hollande held a security meeting with ministers, police and intelligence officers.
(9) I'd bought half a dozen oysters, some bread and sausage and sat watching strollers, cyclists, runners and roller bladers taking full advantage of the promenade.
(10) Backed by a breezy 2km-long promenade, the calm water is perfect for swimming, while sunken galleons are a huge draw for scuba divers.
(11) Instead of being performed on stage to an audience, it was to be an immersive, promenade production, where the audiences could walk through the school corridors, witnessing conversations and different dramatic moments between the cast.
(12) However, he left a greater mark as an enabler, in charge of two of Britain's most important cultural institutions, the Edinburgh International Festival, from 1979 to 1983, and Radio 3 , where, from 1985 to 1995, he also planned the annual seasons of Promenade concerts.
(13) Photograph: Bloomberg via Getty Images Tel Aviv It is flat, sunny and boasts a sweeping promenade hugging long golden beaches.
(14) • Lower Promenade (01287 625321, saltburnsurf.co.uk ), beginner group lesson £30 for approximately two hours, all equipment provided BEST FOR FAMILIES Ramsgate Main Sands, Ramsgate, Kent A bustling blue flag bearer, Ramsgate is a good old-fashioned beach resort with lifeguards on patrol, a bay inspector and a ban on dogs in the summer months, which keeps families flocking here.
(15) Hired on Monday in nearby Saint-Laurent-du-Var, the 19-tonne vehicle began to creep forward from no 11, Promenade des Anglais.
(16) He carried out the operation in response to calls to target nationals of states that are part of the coalition fighting Islamic State.” Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a 31-year-old Tunisian man with French residency status who lived in the Riviera city, drove a heavy-goods vehicle through a crowd that had gathered to watch the display on Nice’s Promenade des Anglais.
(17) When the road officially opens next month, the whole system will continue to be monitored carefully, but as a promenade from the tube station to the park, it is already a liberating experience.
(18) Take a spin around the skate park and along the promenade under the palms.
(19) 2.28pm GMT On land and sea and foam... A police car patrols the sea front promenade covered in foam and sea spray in Blackpool, north west England, on December 5, 2013 as high winds hit the north of England and Scotland.
(20) From today, it is possible to wander through St Mark's Square, cross the Rialto and promenade the waterfront of Venice's Grand Canal via your computer or smartphone.