The place itself is drowning in pleasantness no surprise, for it is in fact the largest set ever built.

NEWYORKER: The Truman Show

Pleasantness of sound the use of alliteration and assonance all play a part.

NEWYORKER: Famous Names

Mr Major was simply saying that the ordinary and intrinsic pleasantness of English life was safe from these fiends, cricket and warm beer not being amendable to a 20-metre wicket and compulsory lager.

ECONOMIST: Letters

The movie has a slightly threadbare but eager pleasantness about it a devotion to youth, dreaminess, ambition, and freedom, which means, in practice, endless hanging out, drinking, doping, talking passionately but aimlessly, and falling in and out of bed.

NEWYORKER: Open Country