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Example sentences for: refreshing

How can you use “refreshing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

His proud reserve--a product of 40 years in the spotlight--is refreshing but does not bode well for his capacity to shepherd big ideas through Congress.
You can cool off in the spring-fed pools built for the raja’s family, and there are places to stay if you want to enjoy the refreshing air and magical dawn light.
So it's refreshing to see articles like the Wall Street Journal lead, which looks at what happened when one company tried to hire welfare recipients to gain tax credits under a bill passed last year as part of welfare reform.
Some of these columnists have been supporting women's rights and liberal issues for years, yet when something this refreshing and fun comes along in women's sports, they invariably begin to attack it.
By the way, this criticism is kind of refreshing in the sense that it's so different from the "everyone knows prosecutors leak" criticism that I've got.