The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions -- the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heart-felt compliment, and the countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling. From LearnThat.org. [Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)]
And while I don't know I'd use the word pleasurable, it's certainly not onerous to ride. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2005] Reference
Barbiturates injected produce a rush effect which is described as a pleasurable, warm and drowsy feeling. From Wordnik.com. [Clinical Work with Adolescents] Reference
An alarm clock is not what we can call a pleasurable object. From Wordnik.com. [Thursday, April 23 – The Bleat.] Reference
She wanted to recall the pleasurable sensations of the day, and to prolong them. From Wordnik.com. [The Heavenly Twins] Reference
This route is one of the most pleasurable, which is probably why I save it for last. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
I cannot picture anything described as pleasurable, beautiful and peaceful, and picture extreme physical pain and discomfort in it. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Resigns From Hospital Because She Won’t Do Unneeded C-Sections] Reference
Was it pleasurable from the outset?. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » LA Contemplates Further Smoking Restrictions] Reference
I would tremble with a kind of pleasurable horror when I found anything like these. From Wordnik.com. [Ayelet Waldman: Spy Kids] Reference
When we lived in Texas, I thought driving was some kind of pleasurable event that I was supposed to enjoy. From Wordnik.com. [Driving Miss Andi (crazy) - SpouseBUZZ] Reference
The school then hired an expert who actually said that Kalie found the experience "pleasurable," and that ` s a quote. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2006] Reference
Like Bacon, it looks on poetry as a kind of pleasurable lying. From Wordnik.com. [The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19] Reference
ADVERTISEMENT sasters, so 'pleasurable' seemed far too much to hope for. From Wordnik.com. Reference
You understand that I bend it a little for a more "pleasurable" (read sporty) route. From Wordnik.com. [Crash.Net Motorsports Newsfeed] Reference
Consider what you do regularly as a kind of pleasurable compulsion and compare it to that table. From Wordnik.com. [Countercurrents.org] Reference
I'm still on the fence about whether to call them "pleasurable," but they're certainly not uncomfortable. From Wordnik.com. [Curvaceous Dee] Reference
The NBA was a lot more "pleasurable", so the young guys who are now in the NBA do not understand the work ethic. From Wordnik.com. [ THE NCAA TOURNAMENT] Reference
The days when the gray pony came to a stop in his jog-trot on the roadside before the gate had a kind of pleasurable excitement in them. From Wordnik.com. [That Lass O' Lowrie's 1877] Reference
Life can become not only possible but pleasurable. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking The Silence] Reference
Aside from being pleasurable, it's also more efficient. From Wordnik.com. [Like A Super Hero] Reference
In reality, there was little pleasurable in the journey. From Wordnik.com. [Derek Beres: The Price of Passage: Restrepo and Corruption in Afghanistan] Reference
For years, I too deemed reading to be less than pleasurable. From Wordnik.com. [Robert David Jaffee: Reading With or Without Depression] Reference
Like anything else that is pleasurable, the Net can be misused. From Wordnik.com. [Can We Become Caught In The Web?] Reference
Strictly speaking, Soul Kitchen is the most pleasurable spot on earth. From Wordnik.com. [Papa's Got A Brand-Old Bag] Reference
For serious art lovers, these two books should be pleasurable first steps. From Wordnik.com. [Ways Of Looking] Reference
Because the object's very practical form is mysteriously pleasurable, too. From Wordnik.com. [Finland: Designer Nation] Reference
For Perlman, the business of medicine is ... get this ... "a pleasurable experience.". From Wordnik.com. [HEALTH:GET READY FOR E-MEDICINE] Reference
Herewith, a bit of homework -- but pleasurable homework, we promise -- courtesy of Slate. From Wordnik.com. [College Reading List From Slate: What The College-Bound Really Need To Read] Reference
And as the articles in this issue make clear, it can be more pleasurable than rich desserts. From Wordnik.com. [A Little More Willpower Can Change Your Life] Reference
"You have a meal, or you listen to a piece of music, and it's a pleasurable thing," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Take the Bananas and Run] Reference
Extroverts, on the other hand, prefer pleasurable objects such as sunsets or giggling babies. From Wordnik.com. [Getting to Know You] Reference
Extroverts, on the other hand, prefer pleasurable objects, such as sunsets or giggling babies. From Wordnik.com. [INSIDE THE HEAD OF AN APPLICANT] Reference
But all these gains reflected a boom that, though pleasurable, was temporary and unsustainable. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Economic Scorecard] Reference
Sonic Boom iPod holder by Nathan -- Taking my iPod on my runs makes them much more pleasurable. From Wordnik.com. [Sandy Henson Corso: The Peace List (10 Must-Haves for Summer)] Reference
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