Examples of guilty pleasure in a Sentence
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White Chicks Another stroke of comedic genius from the Wayans family, this early aughts guilty pleasure follows FBI agent brothers, Marcus (Marlon Wayans) and Kevin Copeland (Shawn Wayans), who solve their biggest cases with a mastery of disguise.
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Rivea Ruff, Essence, 5 Apr. 2024
Oh yes, Anne Rice was a great guilty pleasure of mine.
—New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
For me, creating feels like a guilty pleasure in some way.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 29 Mar. 2024
This one for sure should be a guilty pleasure, not a dietary mainstay.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
That still leaves the cast and performances to enjoy, which isn’t nothing, and might qualify as a guilty pleasure for those unperturbed by a show with roughly the substance of a balmy breeze.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
The Peacock series, which premiered in January and airs every Thursday night, has become an addictive guilty pleasure, earning the number one spot among unscripted streaming series and turning out endlessly quotable one-liners and internet memes on a weekly basis.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
Phil Spector's 1963 holiday release has the honor of being both an excellent Christmas record and a guilty pleasure listen no matter the time of year.
—EW.com, 16 Nov. 2023
In 2013, Bravo debuted what can only be described as the greatest travel-centric guilty pleasure show in history with the first episode of Below Deck.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
Rivea Ruff, Essence, 5 Apr. 2024
Oh yes, Anne Rice was a great guilty pleasure of mine.
—New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
For me, creating feels like a guilty pleasure in some way.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 29 Mar. 2024
This one for sure should be a guilty pleasure, not a dietary mainstay.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
That still leaves the cast and performances to enjoy, which isn’t nothing, and might qualify as a guilty pleasure for those unperturbed by a show with roughly the substance of a balmy breeze.
—Brian Lowry, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
The Peacock series, which premiered in January and airs every Thursday night, has become an addictive guilty pleasure, earning the number one spot among unscripted streaming series and turning out endlessly quotable one-liners and internet memes on a weekly basis.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2024
Phil Spector's 1963 holiday release has the honor of being both an excellent Christmas record and a guilty pleasure listen no matter the time of year.
—EW.com, 16 Nov. 2023
In 2013, Bravo debuted what can only be described as the greatest travel-centric guilty pleasure show in history with the first episode of Below Deck.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
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“Guilty pleasure.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guilty%20pleasure. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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