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
It also said it was "pleasing" to note the committee thanked the council for "responding positively and constructively" to the inquiry.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2024
So I’m disappointed, obviously, with the result, but the way they went about the game was pleasing to me.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
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
No feature in the scene was extraordinary, but all was pleasing.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
