had been pleasing
- past perfect progressive of please.
Example Sentences
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Executive chairman Peter Cowgill said Christmas trading had been "pleasing", praising staff who "ensured that we were largely unaffected over the full five week period by the difficult weather conditions experienced in December".
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2011
They got their idea from Benjamin Day's New York Sun, which had been pleasing Manhattan's masses and enriching its proprietor at a penny a copy since 1833.
From Time Magazine Archive
Although Anna Maria was news to most Americans, her singing had been pleasing listeners in Italy and elsewhere on the Continent for a good while.
From Time Magazine Archive
He, poor fool, had been pleasing himself with dreams of a meeting, when all the while the other man had been the real lover.
From The Half-Hearted by Buchan, John
His progress to this point had been pleasing him.
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John
