adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
pleasure
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I was terrified Voice over Nottingham Crown court heard medical evidence showed Fisher took no sadistic pleasure in violent attacks on women.
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One sensed an almost sadistic pleasure from Braves manager Bobby Cox as he nailed down Game 2.
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Hidden among its sunburst symbols was an obscure, sadistic pleasure .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"I'm afraid you will never see your children again,'' he said with a sadistic smile.
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Carter turned to her with a sadistic glint in his eye.
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In the film, Khan portrays a murderer who gets a deep sadistic thrill out of killing.
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The principal was a sadistic man who enjoyed tormenting his students.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But Peckinpah is unable to create any objectivity towards the sadistic spectacle, in the manner of, say, Akira Kurosawa.
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But, of course, she had known about the sadistic part.
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Cardea responds, a mildly sadistic glint in his eye.
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We children suffered through dull repetitive schoolwork, under the lash of sadistic teachers.