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
  • What was most pleasing to the head coach was the steady growth United have made over the past two weeks.
    — Carl Anka, The Athletic, 17 Mar. 2025
  • This one is feather light, with a slight and pleasing hint of salt.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Even more, though, the crowd-pleasing is owing to Jones.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • Also make sure it’s written in a way that is pleasing to the eye.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • Small bumps on the sides provide a pleasing amount of texture and grip.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 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
  • Spices lead to a pleasing burn in the back of your throat and a nice dryness in this medium-bodied ale.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The close affinities are pleasing, and so are the clever transitions.
    — Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2021
  • But the replicas are more than marketing made pleasing to the eye.
    — Rosa Rahimi, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
  • 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
  • The rigors of the weather brought out a pleasing sense of irony in the expedition team.
    — Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 14 Dec. 2021
  • And while the results were more than pleasing, sticking to the basics left a surplus!
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • This produces a cut line with a pleasing slope and space for the horizontal 1 x 4 T-brace at the top.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2021
  • That’s changed over the last decade or so, but this 1940s property in Hither Hills is an authentic, and aesthetically pleasing, reminder of its older days.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2025

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