Adjective : a pleasing performance. From Dictionary.com.
Nor is the idea unpleasing which shows itself in various parts of these papers, of naturalizing. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Thomas Jefferson Library Edition - Vol. 6 (of 20)] Reference
Nor is the idea unpleasing, which shows itself in various parts of these papers, of naturalizing. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2] Reference
The weathers unpleasing, till the air groweth gloomy. From Wordnik.com. [Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem] Reference
These men of Friedwald were not unpleasing in her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Evidently the prospect of reward was not unpleasing to him. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
These unpleasing circumstances having been duly reported to the. From Wordnik.com. [The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore] Reference
The station-master, eager for unpleasing duty, emerged shouting. From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
Flint was conscious of a not wholly unpleasing excitement as he watched her. From Wordnik.com. [Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes] Reference
That envy and covetousness are unpleasing and unprofitable are shown by these. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
How ill-content with himself, to say nothing of how unpleasing to his audience!. From Wordnik.com. [The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order] Reference
The building is not unpleasing, but there is little about it to hold the interest. From Wordnik.com. [An Art-Lovers Guide to the Exposition] Reference
The comparing my sufferings with theirs would, I think, be no unpleasing occupation. From Wordnik.com. [Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates] Reference
Her weaving together of incidents is artistic and her style graceful and not unpleasing. From Wordnik.com. [A Study of Fairy Tales] Reference
The arrangement of the tiles on the risers of the steps is very monotonous and unpleasing. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See] Reference
Now, straight, even paths are not unpleasing if the effect is to be that of a formal garden. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
It may be added too, that the four heads, in the form of a diamond, make an unpleasing shape. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency] Reference
Their language, a corrupted Arabic, is not unpleasing to the ear; and their costume is remarkably graceful. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
But those eyes were of a darkish blue colour, their glance was keen and vivid, and the whole face was 'not unpleasing.'. From Wordnik.com. [John Knox] Reference
Manners may be defined as the pleasing or unpleasing expression of our thoughts and intentions, whether in word or action. From Wordnik.com. [Life and Conduct] Reference
However, so it was: facts were facts: it was imperative he should know his own position, even if it was an unpleasing subject. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
Their features were of the pronounced African type, but, notwithstanding this disfigurement, were not unpleasing in appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
The point not wholly understood or heeded is that, as a rule, the unpleasing voice is an indication of ill adjustment and friction. From Wordnik.com. [Public Speaking] Reference
"The most unpleasing trait in the Boer character is his callousness, amounting to brutality, in the case of natives and of animals.". From Wordnik.com. [South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 1 (of 6) From the Foundation of Cape Colony to the Boer Ultimatum of 9th Oct. 1899] Reference
That these old madrigals, with their flowing parts and melodic imitations, are not unpleasing to modern ears, has been often proven. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Work in Music] Reference
By the way, although she had been made to sing a great deal at Mademoiselle Le Mire's, her voice was still fresh and not unpleasing. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Christopher looked round involuntarily to see by what passage he had passed from that unpleasing world to this sunkissed land of beauty. From Wordnik.com. [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference
As for the instruments, they are the most inartificial things that ever gave out musical sounds; yet they have not an unpleasing effect. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823] Reference
Plain, yet not unpleasing, she had a superabundance of bright Irish humour, and a quickness of repartee that amused all, but offended none. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
Although we were well provided with dried meat, the prospect of fresh buffalo steak was not unpleasing, and a hunt was at once determined upon. From Wordnik.com. [Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography] Reference
The sound rose and fell in a sort of rhythmic cadence, which, heard from where we sat, was not unpleasing, and not loud enough to prevent conversation. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
Hogarth might have introduced a degree of it in the female figure: at least he might have contrived to vary the heavy and unpleasing form of her drapery. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of William Hogarth: In a Series of Engravings With Descriptions, and a Comment on Their Moral Tendency] Reference
About nine in the evening we repaired to the scene; loud music, barbarous but not unpleasing, resounded, and we took our seats on mats in the midst of our Dyak friends. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
Both were in the middle period of life: the one in uniform was the youngest and most agreeable looking; the dark features of the other were of a sombre and unpleasing cast. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847] Reference
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