Sentence examples for than pleasant from inspiring English sources

And it ended on a less than pleasant note.

The results confirmed that nasty pictures aroused Republicans more than pleasant ones did.

The experience, he reports, was less than pleasant: "Have you ever seen a wet bagel?

The "Post-War" album is never less than pleasant, but the concert was least engaging at its loudest.

Lincoln wrote back: "If we could meet now, it is doubtful whether it would not be more painful than pleasant".

The notion that discomfort need not be more than "pleasant," in the mind of the listener or reader, is a perennially tempting one, for good reasons.

In 1970s Britain the over-used adjective "Keynesian" came attached to many less-than-pleasant things.

It was a less-than-pleasant yellow and smothered with purple pom poms.

"While it was a less-than-pleasant process, the end result is something that the community can be proud of".

His less-than-pleasant experiences in Manhattan restaurants informed one of the movie's lighter moments, when an overeager waiter bothers Brandon on a date.

Why the producers might anticipate a less-than-pleasant scene after a real game-ending question became clear when a contestant missed one part of a four-part question.