How to Use amenable in a Sentence

amenable

adjective

• This, of course, was seven years ago, before teams were more amenable to a two-PG system.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 18 June 2019
• Also, people are not going to be amenable to any kind of social distancing.
  — Steven Levy, WIRED, 25 July 2024
• Canadians appear amenable to this approach, with certain caveats.
  — Paul Vieira, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2018
• The French government, which has a 15% stake in Renault, seemed amenable.
  — The Economist, 6 June 2019
• That's a lot of potential eyeballs, many of which will be amenable to sitting through a few advertisements to watch free movies and shows.
  — Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2018
• So the amenable canine remains sitting and looking rather forlorn just outside the open-plan kitchen space, abiding by the rules as only the best pets can do.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 15 June 2018
• The idea is that other countries will have political and energy systems more amenable to nuclear.
  — David Roberts, Vox, 11 July 2018
• But in interviews around Benton Harbor, almost no one seemed amenable to Ms. Whitmer’s plan to close the high school.
  — Mitch Smith, New York Times, 15 June 2019
• So would the applicable parties be amenable to a return after Mary Poppins Returns?
  — Annie Leibovitz, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2018
• Iran is less isolated than North Korea and less amenable to a media spectacle that doesn’t restore the benefits Iran lost.
  — Asa Fitch, WSJ, 31 July 2018
• Dulling our senses with inexplicable horror and violence just might help a disordered nervous system become more amenable to the everyday crises of life.
  — Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 15 Oct. 2018
• Saying that Poland would pay $2 billion for the installation — and naming it after Trump — was likely a move to make Trump more amenable to the base idea.
  — Alex Ward, Vox, 18 Sep. 2018
• That said, grocers and other retailers have proven more amenable to higher prices on new flavors or styles of an existing product than to raising prices on familiar packaged foods, whose sales have fallen.
  — Heather Haddon, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2018
• If the school district is not amenable, the township can set up a 10-year, 25 percent TIF district without school district approval.
  — Jennie Key, Cincinnati.com, 25 June 2018
• Will the team be amenable to uses of the field and the locker rooms?
  — Journal Sentinel, 10 Apr. 2024
• The trouble is that Mr Lukashenko might not be amenable.
  — Erasmus, The Economist, 21 July 2019
• Tear it down to, to build something that’s more amenable.
  — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2022
• That may have made the regime more amenable to his visit.
  — New York Times, 7 Nov. 2021
• Others were more amenable to the project, pointing to the city’s lack of housing.
  — Téa Kvetenadze, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2024
• So the Mods were amenable when the group approached them for a full partnership.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
• Although the brand was respected, the wood was not amenable to a sweet sound.
  — Ayla Samli, Longreads, 14 May 2024
• But now, a few things have changed that might make Google more amenable to this kind of feature.
  — David Pierce, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2023
• Moussallem seemed amenable, but then changed his tune, Shaw said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2021
• Thompson finished fourth in the NBA in 3-point makes and was amenable to the kind of bench role the Warriors will want him in the future.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2024
• If the Nets are amenable to such a framework, the Sixers have to weigh whether the short-term upside outweighs the long-term risks.
  — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• Also, look for their input into how to make the workspace more amenable.
  — John Baldoni, Forbes, 25 June 2021
• Set clear, amenable rules of engagement for video calls.
  — Benoni Tagoe, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2021
• But that doesn't mean that some aspects of the changes dogs have undergone aren't amenable to study.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 June 2019
• That doesn’t mean that all the remaining 37 percent are amenable to full-time WFA.
  — Daniel Tenreiro, National Review, 8 Sep. 2020
• And many lenders were more amenable to working with customers who fell behind.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 22 July 2024

Last Updated: 27 Oct 2024