Sentence examples for hedonism from inspiring English sources

Along the way he became king of the lads: a poster boy for hedonism but with traces of street poet.

It was a vital debate at the time since those who argued for the latter usually believed that homosexuals had opted for an easy life of wanton hedonism, and therefore did not deserve to be rewarded with gay sex being legal at 16.

Although churches promote Christmas as a time of spiritual transcendence and commerce as an opportunity for domestic hedonism, it can be three days of dark and painful farce for many people.

It looks dated now, but in the mid-60s it brilliantly captured the hedonism of the period and aspects of London life.

This period may have been an element of what attracted him to Babette's Feast – the contrast between French hedonism and Danish stoicism.

The brash, flash-the-cash hedonism of the early post-Soviet years has given way to a new, more mature eating-and-drinking scene.

Some of the West End's most upmarket hotels are so antiseptic and uptight you'd hardly know you were in Jamaica, but the Rockhouse has managed to combine modern boutique comforts – a world-class spa, crisp bed linen, fabulous food – with the laid-back hedonism of the old Negril.

When Art Uncut's attempt to bring the issue of tax avoidance to the Pyramid stage was met with a pretty brutal response, the silence from musicians was similarly overwhelming: to pipe up, it seemed, would threaten the weekend's mixture of blood-pumping hedonism and balmy reassurance.

The second is his close friend and drug-buddy Kenny Everett, the broadcasting genius who concealed his ravenous appetites for hedonism from the public behind his "Cuddly Ken" persona.

But there are some factors common to most countries in the rich world which may help to tie the experience of teenagers in Auckland to that of those in Amsterdam.In many countries, shock at the earlier extent of youthful hedonism and disorder has led to dramatic attempts to curb it.

For most of the locals, they are a hassle not a service.Few European cities do youth culture and hedonism better than Berlin.