The policeman at the desk, the pleasant dark-skinned one, asked why we had not come the day before — he had missed my mother's jollof rice.
Life, believe, is not a dream So dark as sages say; Oft a little morning rain Foretells a pleasant day.
Her hair was dark, her eyes were dark; she left with him a pleasant impression of darkness.
Grilled calamari rounds arrived in a light broth flavored with lemon, olive oil and pale ovals of thin-sliced, pungent garlic; sautéed shrimp with Portuguese sausage was a pleasant yin-yang of dark and light, sweet and smoky, with shards of sautéed garlic softened and sweetened by the heat, then sparked by bright, grassy fresh parsley.
That means a handsome body and a pleasant cabin with the darker shades and softer sorts of plastics that Europeans prefer.
The backdrop for all this action is a pleasant, cozy storefront defined by dark wood paneling, pink nappery, carpeting, 21st-century ceiling lights, each flanked by two twirling fans, and, at this time of year, an overlay of Easter baskets and bunnies.
He has a quick laugh that brightens a pleasant face surrounded by wild, dark, curly hair.
But while Porter House has a pleasant amber glow, STK is so dark in spots that the candles on tables have to double as flashlights, without which the menu is almost illegible.
The dark lettering on the gauges is set against a soft, silvery background, and the instruments have a pleasant, greenish cast under nighttime illumination.
It is earthy and redolent of dark licorice, and has a pleasant oakiness.
She was a young woman with dark curly hair and a pleasant but clearly masculine face and bearing.
