Sentence examples for pleasant interval from inspiring English sources
Machiavelli, sent by the Florentines to negotiate with her, "probably... thought he would charm the countess into conceding her soldiers immediately and then spend a pleasant interval in Forlì, enjoying her favors".
I can further suppose that a Child of average Wit or even moderate Dullness — a boy of Nine, let us say, who can be coaxed away from the Wii of a Christmas afternoon — might pass a pleasant interval chuckling at the absurd incongruities that arise when something very large is placed beside something very small.
He added: "I can further suppose that a Child of average Wit or even moderate Dullness -- a boy of Nine, let us say, who can be coaxed away from the Wii of a Christmas afternoon -- might pass a pleasant interval chuckling at the absurd incongruities that arise when something very large is placed beside something very small".
Still, he added, "I can further suppose that a Child of average Wit or even moderate Dullness — a boy of Nine, let us say, who can be coaxed away from the Wii of a Christmas afternoon — might pass a pleasant interval chuckling at the absurd incongruities that arise when something very large is placed beside something very small".
Lindsay Mears from the Met Office told the newspaper: "Friday will be warm in the South and Saturday and Sunday will be nice and pleasant with sunny intervals, although cooler than Friday with higher winds.
Now, a new study shows that the consonance of a musical interval — how pleasant it sounds — may vary based on a listener's level of music training.
Behavioral data showed that at an inter-target interval of 232 ms, the report for emotionally arousing (pleasant and unpleasant) words was more accurate than for neutral control words.
More specifically, the OR [95% confidence interval (CI)] for buzz was 10.95 (5.90, 20.10) when no pleasant sensations were reported and 3.69 (2.40, 5.68) when one or more pleasant sensations were reported.
Participants performed better in this critical interval (lag 2), however, when identifying affectively arousing (i.e., pleasant and unpleasant) compared with neutral T2 words.
For alumni who return to Princeton at five-year intervals or more, it can be something of a shock— though, I hope, a pleasant one to tour our campus.
