Sentence examples for diminished pleasure from inspiring English sources

But a shadow is cast over his humour with the deaths of cherished friends and the diminished pleasure of social occasions on Diet Coke rather than champagne.

In doing so, my work allows them to feel less anxious and isolated, and to eliminate as many of their symptoms of depression as is possible under the circumstances, especially a diminished pleasure in life or a sense that life is not worth living any more.

Depressive symptoms manifest as diminished pleasure in activities, feeling down or hopeless, trouble sleeping, having little energy, poor appetite, and/or feeling bad about oneself [ 14].

Both perceived sexual dynamism and sexual concerns led to women's diminished pleasure and as a consequence they felt bad about sex and tried to adopt actions/interactions to manage it.

But it took more than 20 years of diminishing pleasure and increasing pain - to my loved ones too - before I surrendered, and lurched from that minicab into the adventure of living sober.

A good is whatever produces pleasure in us, or diminishes evil, and an evil is whatever produces pain or diminishes pleasure.

Though I still prefer real, live books, consuming "NW" on an e-reader has not in any way diminished my pleasure in it.

The din from a row of grinding foot whirlpools, mixed with the well-meaning chat of an overly voluble staff, diminished the pleasure.

Peering floorward through a glass-bottom boat at Silver Springs, I did see the occasional chartreuse scarf of algae waft across the frame, and the undulant eelgrass on the riverbed is visibly clotted, but the algae hardly diminished the pleasure of the trip.

Scientists operating with the best of intentions, using the best tools at their disposal, have taught us to look at food in a way that has diminished our pleasure in eating it while doing little or nothing to improve our health.

Musicals evoke a specific kind of joy, and nothing is as mesmerizing as being drawn into a masterfully staged song-and-dance number on the big screen: music videos have diminished that pleasure a bit by miniaturizing it and making it commonplace.