Sentence examples for gentler pleasures from inspiring English sources

But there are also gentler pleasures.

He longs, he says, scratching his scraggly, infested beard, for the gentler pleasures of civilization.

Steiner has a light touch, and what the story may lack in verisimilitude it makes up for in wit and an appreciation, amid the action, for the gentler pleasures.

But who wants to quibble with this show's gentle pleasures?

In few places can the gentle pleasures of the dolce vita be found in a setting of such invigorating power.

On his walks he fell in love with the subtle, gentle pleasures of the Kennet, one of the finest chalk rivers in England, which rises near the world heritage site of Avebury in Wiltshire and flows into the Thames near Reading.

In another league entirely from the witty Muppetry of "Sesame Street" or the gentle pleasures of Mr. Rogers and "The Magic Garden," the Kroffts dished up a swirl of psychedelia, vaudeville and cheesy production values that might be described as brown acid for the toddler soul.

Children and their parents who treat themselves to these gentle pleasures may well step outside on the next drizzly day and see its soft beauty, the way the grays give spots of color -- like umbrellas, traffic lights and taxicabs -- a luminous glow; they may well hear the sweet tune of "Yellow Umbrella" in their heads.

I would not have thought that these gentle pleasures of being a wife and the mother -- playing a word game and creating a beautiful home -- would be today's pastime for many, many women.

But the frothy high spirits occasionally, and rewardingly, make room for moments of more gentle pleasure.

If one was interviewed by Frank it was a gentle pleasure.