had pleased
- past perfect of please.
Example Sentences
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Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of state news network RT, tweeted that the reversal had pleased nobody.
From Reuters ● Jul. 5, 2021
He told Khashoggi that public comments praising Saudi reforms, including a decision to allow women to drive, had pleased the crown prince.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2018
The edges and tones of the words had pleased Qumqam, reminding him of other times and places.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2017
Though the opera had pleased audiences, it did not please Stalin.
From The New Yorker ● May 26, 2016
Nothing in the world, nothing she had ever seen or heard, had pleased her more than this crazy plunge down a waterfall in the total darkness.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
