Sentence examples for less pleasure from inspiring English sources

This works, in part, by decreasing "hedonic adaptation"—or the tendency to adapt to pleasurable experiences so that they provide less pleasure as time goes on which otherwise works against gratitude.

Laboratory studies measuring what sufferers actually experience when confronted with pleasurable stimuli, have shown however, that patients do not experience less pleasure than control subjects [ 14].

"Nothing would give me less pleasure".

Obese people get less pleasure from eating food.

But Phillip Thompson, who carried the weapon, derived rather less pleasure from the incident.

Less heat may mean less flavor in coffees and teas, but not necessarily less pleasure.

Compared to Whites, Native Americans reported less pleasure to erotic pictures and failed to show corrugator reactivity to mutilation pictures.

Every additional bite, while still enjoyable, provides less pleasure than the preceding one.

I love her dearly and recognise that her life offers far less pleasure than mine.

An improvement in mores means we take less pleasure from bear-baiting, hanging and other forms of public cruelty.

And the desserts offer less pleasure than a restaurant so apparently devoted to the serene contemplation of fellowship probably should.