Example Sentences

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Following their lead, shedding the last of my winter sluggishness and enjoying the life-giving pleasantness of our spring weather this year, I too am energized, moving faster, awake and inspired.

From Salon • May 10, 2025

"We were surprised at the pleasantness of them."

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2025

That’s the price of living in year-round Mediterranean pleasantness: We forgo the seasonal rejuvenation that inspires poets and songwriters.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2024

This multifunctional test is a card with a QR code that subjects scan to answer four questions that evaluate odor detection, intensity, identification and pleasantness.

From Scientific American • Mar. 28, 2023

“So,” Elizabeth said, with a nervous pleasantness, it being necessary, she felt, to say something, “you just getting to this big city? It must seem mighty strange to you.”

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin