This verbal embroidery, while it presents to the workman in words a pleasingly decorative form, at the same time imposes on him both an adventitious restraint and an increased self-consciousness.
"Open Water"
Arthur Stringer
Colonel Wallifarro spoke with a pleasingly modulated voice, trained into effectiveness by years of jury elocution.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
The cool night breeze fanned her cheeks most pleasingly, the scent of June roses and of clove carnations filled the air, and from below the terraced gardens there came the softly-murmuring ripple of the Seine, winding her graceful curves toward the mighty city of Paris beyond.
"Petticoat Rule"
Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy