were pleasing
- past progressive of please.
Example Sentences
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No-one will be discussing how many set pieces they scored from, or whether they were pleasing on the eye, if the celebrations start.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
Pasadena’s Bowen Court, completed in 1911, and Santa Monica’s gracious Horatio West Court, designed by Modernist Irving Gill and completed in 1919, offered models of density that were pleasing, practical and inexpensive to build.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
Hakimi’s goals were pleasing on the eye in the way they allied great technique with excellent composure.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
William used his populism to suggest that any religious experience” was true if the consequences of holding it were pleasing to the individual concerned.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 6, 2017
I have never had many experiences of real "home-brewed," but two which I had were pleasing.
From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan
