It looked, Ruk thought, strangely pleased for someone who was so badly damaged.

She laughed under her breath, feeling strangely pleased about that.

She was surprised, puzzled, and strangely pleased.

He stared at her, then nodded, strangely pleased that she had survived.

Billy had been the first man to call her Annie and she felt strangely pleased.

She seemed strangely pleased, almost happy when she asked, "You mean my doing something bad hurt your feelings?"

Tom asked, surprised and strangely pleased, but Harry didn't hear him.

After the meal Aarn seemed strangely pleased as he considered the results of the mathematics.

Rather, each seemed strangely pleased, beguiled that Mother Nature had chosen them for a thumping.

Yet the marine looked strangely pleased, as if he'd just squashed some large and repellent insect.