Sentence examples for pleasant surface from inspiring English sources

Just below the pleasant surface lies a painful reality indeed.Back to top >>MondayROBERT MUGABE glowers as I walk into the arrivals hall at Harare International.

If we had a picture, would we call it "Man Weary After the Unveiling of his Arthur Ashe Statue," or would we speak, as many do with Mr. Fischl's work, of the tensions lurking beneath the pleasant surface?

But under the immensely pleasant surface and the tender, teasing touches of popular music, things go a little awry: the harmony slips and slides, the soloist gets left behind or jumps ahead, and the music has a slightly disturbing inner life.

But underneath this pleasant surface, a nasty and dangerous current is building up, reflected in anger and frustration.

He forgot names and dates; he misquoted; in his collections of essays — "Gossip in a Library," "Aspects and Impressions" — he kept to pleasant surfaces and avoided the depths.

Compared with DCB-splines, our splines can generate visually pleasant surfaces with smaller fitting errors by using the same number of knots and iterations.

The conversation is pleasant enough — all surface English ribbing and politeness — but what he really wants to know is why can't she come back; her presence is missed.

These children, though often pleasant on the surface, seemed indifferent underneath.

If everyone gets along, and not in that "pleasant on the surface but back-stabbing underneath" kinda way, then a community benefits at multiple levels.

Historian R. H. Davis's influential biography paints a picture of a weak king: a capable military leader in the field, full of activity and pleasant, but "beneath the surface ... mistrustful and sly", with poor strategic judgement that ultimately undermined his reign.

Images of sky and greenery bounce off mirrored surfaces, creating a pleasant confusion between transparent acrylic, reflective metal, and open air.