How to Use hedonistic in a Sentence

hedonistic

adjective
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  • Was the hedonistic songstress on time for her 10:30 p.m. set?
    — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Last year, for instance, saw the debut of a maze inspired by the hedonistic hellscapes of songs and videos from pop artist the Weeknd.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
  • Some dudes go Jekyll and Hyde, studious and committed on the job, a hedonistic man on the town.
    — Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The Last of Us star also decided to ditch a shirt in favor of a bare chest, adding a hedonistic edge to the suit.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Psarou Beach, Mykonos This beach embraces Mykonos' hedonistic, see-and-be-seen vibe.
    — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2023
  • And that little window of time was so hedonistic and Dionysian.
    — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Pleasure, here, can be as hedonistic as a night-in with a new date and an array of libations.
    — Gala Mukomolova, refinery29.com, 9 May 2021
  • Over tens of thousands of years, humans have designed these hedonistic neurotics to bark, whine, jump, and trot around on our streets and in our parks.
    — Hazlitt, 20 Dec. 2022
  • These things weigh on the soul, as James will learn and just as soon forget as Gabi and her clique lure him into a cycle of depraved, hedonistic crime.
    — Thomas Page, CNN, 27 Jan. 2023
  • And for those that dare tempt the foodie fates, the chili cheese fries are just plain hedonistic, overflowing with cheese and succulent beef.
    — cleveland, 6 July 2021
  • Are we meant to mourn the death of a party Chazelle paints as destructively hedonistic?
    — A.a. Dowd, Chron, 23 Dec. 2022
  • In the heart of Ibiza’s south coast, restaurant-come-club Blue Marlin has long grabbed the headlines with its hedonistic sunset sessions and great food.
    — Duncan Madden, Forbes, 9 June 2022
  • In the past, Showalter always seemed like a psychedelic dude, but of the more hedonistic breed.
    — Ryan Leas, SPIN, 6 June 2024
  • In another perfume that would amount to a heady, hedonistic journey, but the Bond version is cool and crisp.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The one-night hedonistic release is one of the world’s largest New Year’s celebrations and leaves Copacabana’s famed 2.4 miles of sand strewed with trash.
    — Jack Nicas Dado Galdieri, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2024
  • The cavernous store is a masterful mix of hedonistic pleasures to ogle.
    — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2014
  • The best gifts for those who adore the hedonistic pleasure of a bubbly glass of Champagne or peaty aromas of Scotch whisky are the items that take their barware collection to the next level.
    — Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2021
  • One was the hedonistic modernism of the 1960s, with its pools and decks and living rooms designed to complement the perfect martini.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The country’s youthquake seemed more hedonistic than constructive, at least at first.
    — New York Times, 15 July 2022
  • What could be more hedonistic than being in an invite-only thrill-kill cult?
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Both are hedonistic morons of the first order; Caracalla is further diminished by the syphilis that has reached his brain.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The over-the-top biopic focuses on the hedonistic life and early death of Mozart (Tom Hulce), a cackling dude with endless vices and musical talent.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Some kept chasing the sensation of hedonistic nights at home.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2020
  • The ancient version of the Olympic Village had a less hedonistic reputation than the modern one.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 July 2024
  • The eponymous resort is, of course, the real star, serving as a hedonistic playground for the rich and entitled, and, if the trailer tells us anything, as well as the site of at least one murder.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The group will also hit up the reliably hedonistic Bourbon Street.
    — Sarah Ravits, NOLA.com, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Under the name Kneecap, their band begins moulding the language to fit their tough, anarchic, hedonistic lives.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 May 2023
  • At the same time, Mr. Zelensky added, hedonistic scenes from Kyiv could be jarring to residents of parts of the country where fighting is intense.
    — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 28 July 2022
  • The antidote to a hedonistic season of life, for me, is recommitting to nights on my couch, cutting back on restaurant meals and cooking more often than not.
    — Becky Hughes, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • High-net-worth foreigners are moving in, rents are rising, and private members’ clubs are opening their doors, rekindling the spirit of the city’s hedonistic heyday in the 1980s, when Elio Fiorucci rubbed shoulders with Giorgio Armani.
    — Elena Clavarino, airmail.news, 18 Jan. 2025

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