pleasingly

Example Sentences

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The mixture of digitally warped instrumentation that emphasizes its artificiality and cinematic string arrangements that evoke the melodrama of old Hollywood is pleasingly jarring and disorienting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

He’s a good pick to direct this adaptation of Freida McFadden’s dark and pleasingly pulpy bestseller about a maid who moves into a family’s posh home and makes a major mess.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 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