Sentence examples for aim at pleasing from inspiring English sources

Britten defined his mission as a composer in very simple terms: composers should aim at "pleasing people today as seriously as we can".

Which "constituencies" is the song aimed at pleasing?

Translation: editorial content should be aimed at pleasing advertisers.

The features aimed at pleasing old people could just as easily be annoying.

The opposition of the governing party appears to be aimed at pleasing its nationalist core.

All these humiliations will show Mali that a certain democratic comedy, aimed at pleasing foreign backers, is meaningless.

It's a move aimed at pleasing Tory party members unhappy with their presence in the countryside.

The dancing is straightforward and fairly traditional in a streamlined way, and it unabashedly aims at pleasing the audience.

It is one aimed at pleasing nationalists at home while trying to show the outside world that China is merely doing what is expected of it.

In 2013 Cameron first promised a national referendum on the issue, and in February 2016 he succeeded in winning concessions from EU leaders that were aimed at pleasing Euroskeptics.

He adopted policies aimed at pleasing his base of poor and working-class Nicaraguans, including supplying them with government-donated food.