pleasingly

Example Sentences

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Pleasingly, Italian feminists have been exercising their right to protest against the sculpture, but its existence remains a saddening sign of yet another missed opportunity for a female artist to create something truly powerful.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2019

Pleasingly, the company has come out against humans consuming mashed-together hockey pucks of gelatinous chemical for any recreational purpose.

From Golf Digest • Jan. 16, 2018

Pleasingly, the earnestness of the mission is undercut by Izzard's trademark pithy wit.

From The Guardian • May 23, 2013

Pleasingly for a grime artist who has been doing the rounds for a few years, Rap Rave doesn't represent a slide on Scrufizzer's part towards commerciality but a considerable advance on his previous work.

From The Guardian • Nov. 15, 2012

When like harms have them requited Who in others’ harms delighted, Pleasingly the wrong’d are righted.

From Lyrics from the Song-Books of the Elizabethan Age by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)