please
adverb
(used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly.
had pleased
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past perfectof please.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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
But Doctor Nolan only smiled at me as if something had pleased her very, very much, and said, "I suppose you do."
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
