Pleasantville

[ plez-uhnt-vil ]

/ ˈplɛz əntˌvɪl /

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a city in SE New Jersey.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Wanda’s dream begins to fracture, a la The Truman Show or Pleasantville.
Wandavision Offers Hope That Originality Can Survive the Era of the Ever-Expanding Franchise|Eliana Dockterman|January 16, 2021|Time
But the waitresses are wearing red poodle skirts and polka-dotted shirts and look more Pleasantville than prohibition.
The Secret Speakeasies of Buenos Aires|Jeff Campagna|February 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
You know what could help the governor dilute all that Pleasantville weirdness?
Turning Spotlight on Mitt Romney Siblings Could Help Humanize GOP Nominee|Michelle Cottle|May 30, 2012|DAILY BEAST
At Pleasantville a sharp turn to the left should be made, and the road thence to Atlantic City is very easily followed.
Harper's Round Table, August 27, 1895|Various

Framed by the window an active railroad panorama spread out, and beyond that view the quaint town of Pleasantville.
Bart Stirling's Road to Success|Allen Chapman
Every live boy in Pleasantville was in evidence about the village pleasure grounds, the common and the hill.
Bart Stirling's Road to Success|Allen Chapman
He ran them down to the building he had determined to utilize, temporarily at least, as express headquarters for Pleasantville.
Bart Stirling's Road to Success|Allen Chapman
The great man of the village was in his element—the eyes and ears of all Pleasantville fixed upon him.
Bart Stirling's Road to Success|Allen Chapman