more pleasing
Example Sentences
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Mr. Carney steers things back in a more pleasing direction in the end, but for a light comedy, “Power Ballad” contains far too much perplexed agony.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
There's an idea that we might think of our bodies as something as not a ripe subject for endless manipulation to make them more pleasing to a pretty narrow set of beauty ideals.
From Salon • Jan. 9, 2024
In a far more pleasing flash than his going down underneath the basket, Bailey had scored eight of his team’s 10 points to help it build a 20-point cushion late in the first half.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2022
"The result was what we wanted, but the more pleasing thing was the manner in which we did it."
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2022
“I do not know what I could imagine, but I confess that I have seldom seen a face or figure more pleasing to me than hers. But I am a partial old friend.”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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