How to Use hedonist in a Sentence
hedonist
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Helou is both scholar and hedonist, which makes for the best kind of guide in the kitchen.
—Christine Muhlke, Bon Appetit, 2 Apr. 2018
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Back in the day, punks and hedonists did not rub shoulders.
—David Pagel, latimes.com, 17 Apr. 2018
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In this new work, set in and around a mud pit, a young aesthete tries to persuade his grubby hedonists to de-ooze.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020
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Reid plays the 150-year-old as a refined hedonist, less a creature of the night than a Eurotrash Ken Doll.
—Darren Franich, EW.com, 22 Sep. 2022
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In the 1890s, the women shared Gabriele d’Annunzio, the soldier, rogue, hedonist and symbolist poet.
—Rachel Shteir, WSJ, 23 Aug. 2018
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Be a night owl For many, Berlin’s legendary party scene is the holy grail for hedonists everywhere.
—National Geographic, 9 Nov. 2019
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Kit is a bit more of a hedonist, with plenty of casual hookups under his belt and weed on his nightstand.
—Kristen Page-Kirby, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2022
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In broad terms, a hedonist is someone who tries to maximise pleasure and minimise pain.
—Desiree Kozlowski, CNN, 12 Sep. 2017
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As the words suggest, present hedonists live in the moment, without much thought of any consequences of their actions or of the future.
—Dr. Lance Dodes, Newsweek, 27 Sep. 2017
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Two hedonists with a penchant for Jim Beam and bad decisions.
—Gigi Engle, Marie Claire, 19 May 2017
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Because that mind-reading trick is handy and though Lestat may be a hedonist, Louis sees a bigger picture.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2022
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Within the first six weeks, Joan proved not only to be a lusty eater but a very social and cuddly baby who loved long warm baths, in other words, a hedonist in the making.
—Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022
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Among the decadent fresh pastas, a hefty rigatoni is a hedonist’s delight, studded with guanciale batons fried to a crunch, the fat coating each ridged tube.
—Shauna Lyon, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2022
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Affleck, with blond hair and a goatee, plays d’Alencon, an insensitive hedonist, with something close to glee.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Oct. 2021
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Whether the recipient is practical and all about ease or a hedonist and a lover of the finer things, these spectacular stocking stuffers are fool-proof.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2022
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To compare Isa and Dorothy might, at first, seem like a false equivalence—what do an academic in her thirties and a 21-year old hedonist really have in common?
—Philippa Snow, The New Republic, 30 Dec. 2021
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Madison’s other best friend from college, free spirit, and charming hedonist.
—Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, 11 Apr. 2019
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The historic cafés that served a generation of true hedonists have succumbed to the vigilance of federal prohibition agents.
—Lillian Symes, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
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His Bill isn’t a fratty hedonist so much as a man too psychologically compartmentalized to face his own misdeeds.
—Judy Berman, Time, 31 Aug. 2021
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Resorts along the Strip and beyond aim to attract the next generation of hedonists — millennials, and the likeminded — keen on technology, contemporary art, food and the outdoors.
—Elaine Glusac, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2019
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Because, her letters show a complicated, deep, emotional person–not just a hedonist.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 31 Mar. 2022
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Liberation and pleasure have always gone hand in hand for Miguel, a career hedonist in the vein of Prince who similarly envisions eroticism as an idyllic escape, both spiritual and literal.
—Isaac Feldberg, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2018
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One of the most colorful entrepreneurs in history, McAfee was a true software pioneer, a notorious hedonist, a possible murderer, a fugitive, a U.S. presidential candidate and, inevitably, a cryptocurrency promoter.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 24 June 2021
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