How to Use guilty pleasure in a Sentence

guilty pleasure

noun
  • On camera, the young man explains away his guilty pleasure with a Janus-like, transactional ambivalence worthy of his hero.
    Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • For the next show, at 8 p.m. Monday on ABC, the theme will be guilty pleasures.
    Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Is the band a guilty pleasure of yours, or how did happen?
    Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Read more on this place: What's the guilty pleasure for the chef at Somewhere Louisville?
    Bobby Shipman, The Courier-Journal, 6 June 2018
  • It’s the guilty pleasure of cheesesteaks with Cheez Whiz as one of the toppings.
    Phillip Valys, sun-sentinel.com, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Amy Poehler does not want to talk about her guilty pleasures.
    Christina Prignano, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
  • That’s a guilty pleasure, to follow the exploits of the rich and famous.
    Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 4 June 2018
  • My guilty pleasure has been letting me down the last few years.
    ELLE, 14 June 2022
  • In a chat with the New York Times, the Broadway star revealed her guilty pleasure.
    Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2022
  • And critics no longer treat his body of work like a guilty pleasure.
    Nathan Powers, oregonlive.com, 25 June 2019
  • Chocolate is no longer a guilty pleasure at this time of life.
    Dorothy Dworkin, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Cook's Corner: What's the guilty pleasure for the chef at Somewhere Louisville?
    Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 6 Feb. 2018
  • With all the Dom Pérignon quaffed and caviar consumed, the book is a guilty pleasure, minus the hangover.
    Donna Bulseco, WSJ, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Plus, there's the guilty pleasure of doing all that back-to-school shopping, too.
    Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 29 July 2019
  • For Varak, spring training is a guilty pleasure each year.
    Andrew Golden, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Just like the rest of us, athletes get cravings for their guilty pleasure foods.
    Matias Grez, CNN, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Many judges admitted that the Dodge was their guilty pleasure out of our field.
    Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Greek iced coffees are a guilty pleasure too for late nights at the studio!
    Christine Whitney, The Cut, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Both are such amazing guilty pleasure, fun movies to watch.
    Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 22 Dec. 2018
  • Just the title may be a reason to tune in for guilty pleasure-seekers like me.
    Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2021
  • Mason has always been a kind of guilty pleasure for me.
    New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Fast food isn't the only guilty pleasure rising in price.
    Heard Editors, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2023
  • This one for sure should be a guilty pleasure, not a dietary mainstay.
    Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2024
  • March Madness is the greatest guilty pleasure in sports.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 29 Mar. 2018
  • For me, creating feels like a guilty pleasure in some way.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Critic Emily Nussbaum makes the case for the guilty pleasure as an art form.
    Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 26 June 2024
  • Who knew a product for blackheads could be such a guilty pleasure?
    Sarah Kinonen, Allure, 25 Feb. 2021
  • My guilty pleasure is scrolling through the Maplewood Moms* Facebook group.
    Hanna Ingber, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2018
  • And it's become a bit of a guilty pleasure for everyone.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
  • What’s your favorite late-night snack or guilty pleasure?
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2023

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