please
adverb
(used as a polite addition to requests, commands, etc.) if you would be so obliging; kindly.
was pleasing
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past progressiveof please.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Bran Black, chief executive of the Business Council of Australia says it was pleasing that the government is prioritizing the development of AI policy, while establishing an AI Office in Canberra.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
The non-gender-specific category was pleasing for a person who has long reckoned with gender identity — as a child, Ramsey loved being mistaken for a boy by strangers, she said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2023
Still, just the fact that Congress acted was pleasing to her.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 26, 2022
Health Secretary Sajid Javid said the rise in nurse numbers was pleasing - and would help England achieve the government's manifesto promise to recruit 50,000 more nurses by 2024.
From BBC ● May 17, 2022
The prospect of this was pleasing in the extreme.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
