Sentence examples for pleasant like a from inspiring English sources

"I say, 'They're pleasant, like a stinky cheese is pleasant.' ".

Anatole France is "very pleasant, like a man whose face is always caught in the door, and who doesn't want you to squeeze".

Re-frame the dog's barking as something pleasant, like music, laughter or someone gossiping.

In person he was stocky, soft-spoken and with a pleasant smile, like a middle-order restaurant manager.

Mr. Baltacigil's tone was warm, rich and a little throaty in a pleasant way, like a good Scotch.

But instead of being pure pleasure, it's merely pleasant, rather like a decent summer-replacement comedy sketch series on television.

And plenty of pleasant surprises, like a lap pool lined with beanbag chairs and curvy deck chairs, free bicycles for exploring the city, and a guest lounge with a fireplace and creative cocktails at the bar.

The crema catalana, although slightly grainy, is dense and satisfying, and the rotating dessert of the day can be a pleasant surprise, like a superior apple tart served on flaky pastry with a layer of custard.

Jonathan watched her sway to the left then to the right, her arms seeming to float in the air beside her; she looked as if she were in a pleasant trance, like a charmed cobra.

Or you develop circuits in the spinal cord and in the brain in which peripheral nerves — nerves from your fingers or feet or legs, which normally carry innocuous or even pleasant sensations, like a breeze fluttering or a soft touch — now send signals that are interpreted in the brain as being painful.

It was a pleasant feeling, like a dry sneeze only less effort.