Sentence examples for worthwhile pleasure from inspiring English sources

Though cocktails aren't cheap, with most mixed drinks ranging from $8 to $12, they arguably offer worthwhile pleasure for the money, compared to other, more expensive indulgences.

The notion that Russian society considered worthwhile what Perelman did for pleasure came as a surprise.

Sometimes her emotions are dark, but Castelli illustrates the extreme pleasure that makes the relationship worthwhile.

But there are pleasures that make the book worthwhile, if not essential.

I promise you, even if it takes two months to finish and a bit of forcing yourself to read on, you'll definitely gain something worthwhile from the experience, whether it is pure pleasure or just knowledge.

It will have you deeply convinced that defending your disease is defending your life -- the pleasure and passion that make existence worthwhile.

Sometimes the bargain is worthwhile; I would certainly not give up the pleasures of my library for the ability to recite "Middlemarch".

Mr. Johnson, who is 82, makes growing old seem quite worthwhile, at least if you can derive as much pleasure from the world as he clearly does.

Pleasure comes, too, in the form of worthwhile diversions (a recipe for vegan shepherd's pie, chords that show you how to play along with a Sex Bob-omb song) and an abundance of zingers, usually aimed at Scott.

Rather than rehashing a tired debate about the boundary between art and cooking, it seems far more profitable to advocate for higher standards in artistic achievement, and to recognise that sensory pleasures need not be art to be worthwhile.

In classical and Christian thought, pleasure was seen as, at best, a distraction from the worthwhile pursuit of virtue.