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
Clash's Robin Murray gave the record eight out of 10, hailing it as "pleasingly eclectic" and "frequently ambitious" in its style as A$AP raps over everything from trap beats to jazz piano.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 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
Jamieson worked quickly, and the mechanics of the plot began to pleasingly coalesce.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025
The night is pleasingly long—about 59 Earth days long—but nothing of the astronomical universe would be visible if you looked up into the night sky of Venus.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
