Used in a Sentence

pleasing

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for pleasing.

Editorial note

The NDA is a formality; if management ever has to remind them of it, everyone is saddened that someone is spoiling the competitive and customer-pleasing fun.

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Quick take

pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing."

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of pleasing gathered in one view.

noun

pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing."

adjective

Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pleasing.

Example sentences

1

The NDA is a formality; if management ever has to remind them of it, everyone is saddened that someone is spoiling the competitive and customer-pleasing fun.

2

Levelling the playing field is not only a reason for pleasing the crowds (which happens sometimes) but also a way to assert what the competition is for.

3

The trouble is that, in my view, there is a conflict between the goal of pleasing the reddit board and the goal of creating a vibrant community.

4

Some newer clients can handle basic html formatting (tables et.al.) though they still can't wrap text in a pleasing way.

5

Of course they are doing all of this in pursuit of profit (or at least in pursuit of pleasing their board).

6

It's not only aesthetically pleasing, but also really interesting from a purely biological perspective.

7

I find 2D graphs work really well and can look aesthetically pleasing without making them harder to interpret.

8

You don't have to shop around for browsers to find Chrome a pleasing experience compared to Safari, and especially not Firefox on Mac.

9

The grey font on sarahwener.net is more pleasing (to me) because I associate eye fatigue with overly contrasty page environments.

10

It's easy to achieve in Laravel and makes a more pleasing url.

11

Are they necessarily derivative works, or are they written that way because that is a chord structure that humans instinctively find to be pleasing?

12

They have to worry about shareholders, competition, innovation, pleasing their customers, and feeding their employees.

Quote examples

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At best you are getting a small morsel of the methods and philosophies of the field buried deep inside a large scoop of crowd pleasing "and then, and then" readings and discussion.

2

> he clearly assigns blame to himself I found the amount he said "it was all my fault" over and over again to make the whole thing sound insincere, but I guess there's no pleasing everyone.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use pleasing in a sentence?

The NDA is a formality; if management ever has to remind them of it, everyone is saddened that someone is spoiling the competitive and customer-pleasing fun.

What does pleasing mean?

pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing."

What part of speech is pleasing?

pleasing is commonly used as noun, adjective.