Sentence examples for pleasurable- from inspiring English sources

"Suddenly Moscow is a city where taking a nice walk on a Sunday afternoon is a normal thing to do and something pleasurable".

Surely that would be a more pleasurable nicotine delivery system than these awful patches?

A 1930's Martini from the Harry Craddock's classic Savoy Cocktail Book contained 1 part vermouth to 2 parts gin and, though a pleasurable drop, I missed the sheer viscosity of a really gin-heavy Martini.

There was nothing pleasurable about Rodwell's afternoon.

"The purpose of Vipassana is not to experience pleasurable sensations but rather to develop equanimity towards all sensations," Goenka says.

In tests, not only did their levels of oxytocin surge by up to five times, their readings of pleasurable endorphins and dopamine doubled.

We need to recognise that we've created something magnificently compelling and pleasurable in video games – and that's a wonderful thing.

My concern would have been lessened and my surprise greatly increased had I known that a teenage attitude these days means being a law-abiding citizen, abstaining from drink, drugs and casual sex and studying hard.Daniel Olive LondonA pleasurable vacationSIR – With reference to funny placenames (Letters, July 12th), how could you have missed Dildo Run in Canada?

A longer, and far more pleasurable, elaboration can be found in text, pictures and objects at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, where an exhibition devoted to "Money and Beauty" continues into 2012.

For example, 25% of the students in Tepper's current first-year class come from abroad, well down on two years ago when the share was 36%.Profitable or pleasurable?The biggest of all the revenue boosts has been executive education: short courses that do not lead to accreditation, but offer mid-career training to company managers.

Some patients even report a pleasurable equivalent of "jogger's high", caused by the release of the brain's own pain-killing opiates called endorphins.