Sentence examples for less pleasantly from inspiring English sources

When the Soviet Union was invented, a culture of dreamers and fantasists (Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Rimsky-Korsakov) was replaced by something less pleasantly realistic.

But it is being accompanied by the less pleasantly familiar sight of major labels latching on to something they can actually make money on, with the same misconceived, short-term greed that helped get them into their current mess.

Alex: The Cremaster Cycle is named after the muscle that controls the height of the testicles; I'm sure every man has noticed its operation when swimming in a cold sea (or less pleasantly, getting socked in the balls).

"Entering the zone, I saw that the D was giving me some room, and I knew that he was giving me the short side," he added of goalie Henrik Lundqvist, dissecting the goal that will live a long time in the memories of Capitals fans and, less pleasantly, in the memories of Rangers fans.

More recently, and less pleasantly, she has become politically conservative, raving against Muslims and others.

They really knew how to torture in those days, far less pleasantly even than the excruciating scenes in the great, grim George Clooney movie, Syriana.

In addition to its permanent attractions, the city is adorned with lights and planted with poinsettias at Christmas; elaborate parades take place throughout Advent; and the climate is rarely less than pleasantly mild.

The electronic group Growing makes sounds that are less abrasive than pleasantly disorienting.

"The End of Airports" is, pleasantly, less ramrod and more personal.

The ambassador said the prices were fair and the store was pleasantly less crowded than those in Beijing.

On the other hand and perhaps this is only nostalgia getting the better of me the BBC's coverage in the 1970s does seem to have mirrored a game that was both a little more gentlemanly and pleasantly less professional.