pleasingly
Example Sentences
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For a mere $20 it was a no-brainer to bring to a casual dinner with friends, where this pleasingly easy-drinking sparkler proved to be a big hit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
Aged in stainless steel and neutral oak, it’s dry and well-balanced, with a bright but not overly assertive acidity, deft minerality and pleasingly delicate persistence in the mouth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
The silence that ensued was stunning in its fullness: a pleasingly counterintuitive demonstration of the fierce adulation she was just barely holding back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
And Total Film's Jamie Graham said Watkins' "shrewd, engrossing and pleasingly nasty" imagining is unafraid to push the source material in new directions, with McAvoy "perfect... for this particular brand of Alpha male brute".
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2024
She has a slender face, pleasingly feline features, spare, straight brows.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
