pleasingly
Example Sentences
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The Italian feature is a droll, Coen brothers-style exercise in deadpan absurdity, with a zigzag plot that caroms off a pleasingly demented cast of oddballs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
Park’s approach may be pleasingly shocking, but it isn’t always novel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2026
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
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
