Overall, sugar is consumed because of its pleasant taste, ease of digestion, and positive effect on mood, and these three reasons are not mutually exclusive; each probably makes a contribution to overall behavior.
The pleasant atmosphere and ease of travel in Rio was a major factor in the team's relaxed mind-set.
You might get a pleasant surprise the board finally eases the boss out, or an acquirer buys the company at a premium.
In November 1778, The Morning Chronicle reported that Harris and Sheridan had... at a considerable expence, almost entirely new built the audience part of the house, and made a great variety of alterations, part of which are calculated for the rendering the theatre more light, elegant, and pleasant, and part for the ease and convenience of the company.
The American historian Retha M. Warnicke writes that Anne was "the perfect woman courtier... her carriage was graceful and her French clothes were pleasing and stylish; she danced with ease, had a pleasant singing voice, played the lute and several other musical instruments well, and spoke French fluently.
The poetry of earth is never dead: When all the birds are faint with the hot sun, And hide in cooling trees, a voice will run From hedge to hedge about the new-mown mead; That is the Grasshopper's -- he takes the lead In summer luxury, -- he has never done With his delights; for when tired out with fun He rests at ease beneath some pleasant weed.
I'm easing into a pleasant life of moderation, and that's fine.
Spiritual equanimity seems to correlate with psychological peacefulness (e.g. low anxiety, positive mood), physical equilibrium (e.g. good blood pressure, fewer infections and immune disorders), and social ease (e.g. pleasant levels of social engagement, few quarrels).
A lack of ease is something I find pleasant and interesting".
Getting fired from your job is never pleasant, but there are certainly ways of easing the pain.
