How to Use take pleasure in in a Sentence

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• The other group seemed to take pleasure in a breezier form of stand-up.
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2022
• The team can play without the burden of expectations, and fans can take pleasure in a draw.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2022
• The idea that McCurdy could take pleasure in the presence of food was unimaginable a few years ago.
  — Ashley Spencer, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
• There’s the fan bases of the schools long departed from the Big 12 that still take pleasure in bashing their former conference.
  — Dallas News, 2 Jan. 2023
• One character seems to take pleasure in killing others, and a group of men surrounds a woman, touches her and talks about taking off her clothes.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 8 July 2022
• Nature lovers will take pleasure in the waterfall and creek that run through the property, in addition to an on-site greenhouse and gardens.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 31 Aug. 2022
• There’s not an angler among us who doesn’t take pleasure in watching a dry fly drift perfectly downstream, moving only with the motion of the current.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 26 June 2020
• The celebratory air that circulates around a book fair helps kids believe that reading and books are something to get excited about and take pleasure in.
  — Angela Lashbrook, refinery29.com, 29 July 2021
• Even those inconvenienced by disorder take pleasure in it.
  — Sasha Frere-Jones, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Nov. 2022
• Even those inconvenienced by disorder take pleasure in it.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 4 Nov. 2022
• He may be built like a comic-book hero come to life, but his characters rarely if ever seem to take pleasure in this physicality beyond its capacity to intimidate and serve as a spectacle.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2021
• Writing fan mail creates an opportunity to take pleasure in my own intemperate passions.
  — Rachael Bedard, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022
• This will be an excellent opportunity for those who wishes to take advantage of the information gained by practical and up to date management, and Mr. Alexius will take pleasure in answering all questions or in giving any information.
  — NOLA.com, 16 Sep. 2020
• From juicy gossip to salacious reality TV shows to our combative political landscape, some strangely take pleasure in other people’s misfortune.
  — Josh Linkner, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2020
• The Italian loudspeaker manufacturer Sonus faber is no stranger to our Robb Report audience, especially to music lovers who take pleasure in sophisticated product design and the artisanal craftsmanship for which the audio brand is known.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2022
• But now, staring at its resolution, the two surviving mathematicians from the original trio can take pleasure in the mathematical innovations their curiosity provoked.
  — Quanta Magazine, 5 Apr. 2021
• Second, the Euro American community includes some who are deeply concerned for African Americans, others who are preoccupied and therefore indifferent, and others who take pleasure in bullying a vulnerable people.
  — Arkansas Online, 24 June 2021

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024