Example Sentences

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There are narrowboats, barges, lifeboats; what can only be described as “makeshift” boats, rafted two and three together, their bows jutting at unpleasing angles.

From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2015

The way his choreography ignores the climax of the dance-unfriendly music is unpleasing.

From New York Times • Jun. 28, 2015

Yet the hint that Britons are making politicians work harder for their favour is not unpleasing.

From Economist • Apr. 23, 2015

They evaporate, in a not unpleasing way, leaving a sense of having had a nice steak, or a decent massage.

From Slate • Aug. 4, 2014

“The result is a sad jumble of shops, booths, and bazaars often unpleasing in themselves and incongruous when taken together.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson