Example sentences for: amiable

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

  • In the pages of The Rules , men are a barely individualized collection of amiable dolts, but the Rules Girl is a particular social type--and it isn't the choosy free spirit lectured in such anti-feminist self-help books as Smart Women, Foolish Choices . The woman depicted as in need of the Rules is a voracious doormat, the sort of woman who sends men Hallmark greeting cards or long letters after a single date, who rummages in men's drawers and pockets, suggests couples therapy when brief relationships start to crumble, throws away a new boyfriend's old clothes, cleans (and redecorates) his apartment without asking, and refuses to see the most obvious signs of disengagement.

  • In a column that stops just short of endorsement, Joe Klein admires Bill Bradley's ability to disarm crowds and praises the candidate's authenticity and "amiable cleverness."

  • Like some of the petulant letter-writers who have been weighing in on our exchange, Morris' premise seems to be that Reagan was, as Clark Clifford once put it, an "amiable dunce."

  • Clinton comes through, in Reich's account, as an amiable man, a good politician, and a great preacher, who is nonetheless unprincipled, indecisive, and overwhelmed by the responsibilities that come with the presidency.

  • Everyone covering the race is looking for a comparison point for Bush, and I've decided it's Reagan: amiable, genial, an advocate of broad principles instead of specific policies, and blessed with good fortune and an utter coating of Teflon.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast