Sentence examples for basic pleasure from inspiring English sources

The basic pleasure of this play always has been in watching such self-deceivers forced to admit their true feelings.

Pris, played by Hannah, is "a basic pleasure model", the futuristic equivalent of the inflatable sex-doll.

Both are quintessential Taylor studies in paradox, but at this performance the main revelation was simply the basic pleasure of Mr. Taylor's dance movement.

Meanwhile, he developed a love affair with Daryl Hannah, the Hollywood non-bimbo who played the sexiest replicant alive as 'Basic Pleasure Model' in the cult movie, Bladerunner.

As for the posed ranks of Kardashian women, it's unclear whether they were deliberately meant to resemble replicants (basic pleasure model), but it certainly appeared to be a tableau in desperate need of a Blade Runner.

By asking for money, couples are piling pressure on guests to come up with an amount that doesn't look mean, and robbing them of the basic pleasure of gift giving – as you've no idea how your cash will be used.

Beyond the basic pleasures of gawping, this is all simply noise.

These movies lack the kinetic swirl and sensuous enticements that are among the basic pleasures of moviegoing.

In today's age of increasingly explicit cinematic violence, the scholarly focus has gravitated to the basic pleasures of gore.

This isn't just a running issue; it's true of many of life's basic pleasures (food, holidays, music, clothing).

Leavitt draws such delight from the procedures of fiction that he neglects one of its most basic pleasures — the inquiry into why people behave as they do.