Shalhoub has less to do – put on a hat, raise a hand, pleasure himself to a dirty picture postcard – but he makes a gourmet meal of each groan and gesticulation.
The bar was duly raised; what a pleasure, then, to see her here comfortably vaulting it.
Or would we have absorbed our sadness and guilt, unwilling to let it interfere overmuch in our pleasure: not least the pleasure of raising a supremely hypocritical glass to our dear equine departed?
I had the great pleasure of raising a timber wolf hybrid over the past nearly 11 years.
If you have the pleasure of raising a family while building or scaling a business, you will inevitably find the two are not as separate as you maybe once believed.
It's as if American Idol has been reinvented to be some kind of Pygmalion reality show wherein they take greater pleasure in raising a star than in recognizing one that already exists, but simply hasn't been discovered by the masses.
Once your sushi consciousness has been raised, it becomes a pleasure to appreciate its subtle distinctions: the rice should be warm, so that the chilled fish begins to approach body temperature before the piece goes into your mouth; nori, seaweed sheets used for rolling maki, should be thin and crisp, instead of tough and leathery; the wasabi and gari (pickled ginger) should be freshly made.
I read the Modern Love column "Raising a Princess Single-Handedly" by Simon Van Booy (Sunday Styles, June 28) with pleasure and sadness.
I received flak for my comments, which was unsurprising because I had criticized a movie that other people love, raising questions about pleasure and a director whose desire felt more at stake than that of his characters.
There's a natural, smile-raising pleasure at watching the rapport between two close friends, which is particularly electric in one series of grainy, seated dialogues to the camera featuring the pair sharing a retro fuzzy stick mike.
