Example Sentences

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It adds that a recent—and long-awaited—refinancing was pleasing to see, lowering the miner’s cost of debt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

"First of all, it was pleasing to see him on the pitch last week," said Slot.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

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