pleasant

Example Sentences

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At the same time, the author’s easy way with an anecdote makes reading “Advance Britannia” effortlessly pleasant.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Surprise — much less pleasant surprise — is a rare sensation these days.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2026

That feeling of a parent’s pleasant astonishment at how their children carried themselves became a part of the making of the Aselton-Duplass family’s “Their Town” as well.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

"It's not pleasant, it's a lot of worries, but there's nothing we can do," he told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

It smelled of some sort of incense—spicy and sharp, yet strangely pleasant.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville