How to Use pleasing in a Sentence

pleasing

adjective

• He wanted his kitchen to be both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
• And over the years, it’s been very pleasing to see things change.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2023
• Testers found the lights give off a soft, clear, pleasing light.
  — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2022
• The tunes are pleasing to the ears of parents and babies alike.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 17 Jan. 2024
• Add in a pleasing makeover and one of the best pairs of headphones just got better.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2024
• This one is feather light, with a slight and pleasing hint of salt.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
• This season was a bit more pleasing to the eye, though no less out-there.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Mar. 2022
• The league believes its timers will move things along at a pleasing pace.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2023
• My friends will hold the bags — the bags full of tomatoes (my tomatoes) — and feel their pleasing heft.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 18 June 2023
• The photos showed a fair amount of detail and a pleasing amount of contrast.
  — David English, PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
• And a short step from there to argue why this ratio is so pleasing to the eye.
  — Alan Lightman, The Atlantic, 5 Dec. 2022
• The 10-episode season is passable, even pleasing, for the most part.
  — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 24 July 2024
• The round design is pleasing and fills a space with 360 degrees of sound.
  — WIRED, 11 July 2023
• There are rules to this: A proper gift book is a great read and a pleasing package.
  — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 25 Nov. 2022
• Few things are as crowd-pleasing as a slice of sprinkle-flecked cake.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2022
• The patio at Lucille's is very pleasing, and so is brunch.
  — Brooke Viggiano, Chron, 6 Jan. 2023
• After all, this is the state that introduced the pleasing Cobb salad to the rest of the United States.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2024
• This also made for a pleasing mixture of warming sun and the cooling canopy of trees.
  — John Carpenter, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
• As pleasing as dancing on the pedals and rowing through the gears is, this type of fan service isn't enough to pull the Z over the top.
  — Mark Takahashi, Car and Driver, 10 June 2022
• The pleasing design and comfortable fit round out the package.
  — Louryn Strampe, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2022
• Brussels sprouts are sautéed with salty, crispy pancetta in this simple, crowd-pleasing side dish.
  — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 18 Nov. 2022
• Choose a variety with leaf form and color that’s pleasing to your eye.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
• The high-contrast pattern is also pleasing for babies, and parents will love the adorable, sleepy look on the owl.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 6 Feb. 2023
• However, the aesthetics of the unit weren't as pleasing.
  — Lindsay Modglin, Health, 7 June 2023
• Unlike those, an epigram has a flash of pleasing humor in it.
  — Bryan A. Garner, National Review, 15 Sep. 2022
• There is something so pleasing and poetic to me about wild birds.
  — Allana Haynes, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024
• The color is pleasing and harmonious with the plants themselves.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 8 Aug. 2022
• The generous slabs of fish have a pleasing salty and buttery flavor and firm texture.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
• There’s a pleasing cycle-of-life continuum in the way that repaired bond frees the grandmother to let go.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
• These impressive results were borne out in the pleasing image quality in our photo and video ad-hoc testing, and put the monitor in good stead for movie or photo viewing and even light photo editing.
  — Tony Hoffman, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024