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

Tangy but not overly spicy stuffed shishito peppers were pleasing.

From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2016

These were pleasing thoughts which kept Victor de Marmont company on his way between Lyons and Fontainebleau.

From The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness