: something pleasurable that induces a usually minor feeling of guilt
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That claim sounds bombastic when much of the art world sees the headline grabbing Banksy as a guilty pleasure at best.—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 7 May 2026 Insomnia Cookies From May 5 through May 12, late-night guilty pleasure Insomnia is offering a buy one, get one free cookie deal for Insomnia Rewards members.—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 4 May 2026 As for his own guilty pleasure?—Jessica Golden, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026 If baseball is America's pastime, and football is its obsession, then the Ultimate Fighting Championship might be its guilty pleasure.—Luke Burbank, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for guilty pleasure