pleasingly
Example Sentences
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The plot gets pleasingly messy despite starring a leading lady who was quite literally constructed to tidy up.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
We sipped glasses of his flagship dry cider made with Baldwin, Jonagold and Northern Spy apples for a drink that’s pleasingly yeasty and fresh, and the color of early-fall sunshine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 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
With many key functions still in development, Threads even had a pleasingly lo-fi ambience.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024
The letter, written in a pleasingly legible script, was dated April 28, 1958, at which time the recipient had been imprisoned for approximately two years: Dearest Bro.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
