Examples of likable in a Sentence
Detective Grant is the most likeable character in the novel.
She seems like a friendly, likable young woman.
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The network has a taste and a talent for a kind of light serious entertainment in which a likable cast of sometimes difficult characters solve a problem in an hour, while other, darker events percolate underneath.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Here's a reason to root for each team: One of the game's best (and most likable) stars has dazzled in Philadelphia
For the first six years of his career, the running back Saquon Barkley toiled away for the hapless New York Giants.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Noor seems like a likable, interesting new character to base a story around, but how does this all tie in to the conspiracy that Peter Sutherland is beginning to unravel?
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
But the pendulum is swinging back toward a time when excellent, likable players are going to regularly be elected to the Hall by the writers, and that’s a good thing.
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—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Here's a reason to root for each team: One of the game's best (and most likable) stars has dazzled in Philadelphia
For the first six years of his career, the running back Saquon Barkley toiled away for the hapless New York Giants.
—Becky Sullivan, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Noor seems like a likable, interesting new character to base a story around, but how does this all tie in to the conspiracy that Peter Sutherland is beginning to unravel?
—Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2025
But the pendulum is swinging back toward a time when excellent, likable players are going to regularly be elected to the Hall by the writers, and that’s a good thing.
Follow me on Twitter.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
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“Likable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/likable. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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