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Recent Examples of companionable Whether Takuya and Sakura will do well in the competition is a bit of an afterthought compared to the gradual tracing of the companionable bond that forms between them, or observing the mellowing climate as the island slowly emerges from winter into spring. Catherine Bray, Variety, 19 May 2024 And a bevy of similar beauties flocks around her with companionable buoyancy. Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2024 Adam’s silence can seem sweetly companionable one moment and freighted with trauma the next. Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023 The Fussy Dinner Party as an Art Form Photograph from Moda Operandi There are those of us who throw together haphazard meals for friends and expect the sheer force of companionable affection to patch the aesthetic and social gaps. Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2023 See all Example Sentences for companionable 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for companionable
Adjective
  • Also in the Big Apple, Olivia Rodrigo and her beau Louis Partridge try to keep warm in the chilly weather as Ben Stiller promotes Severance season 2.
    Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • DeSantis’ best choice would have been to appoint a caretaker in Rubio’s place, someone content to keep the seat warm until the next election.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The incoming governor is (rightly) putting daylight between himself and the outgoing guy.
    TJ Martinell | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Israel and Hamas are also under pressure from outgoing President Biden and Trump to reach a deal before the Jan. 20 inauguration.
    Wafaa Shurafa and Natalie Melzer, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • However, some breeds tend to be friendlier to felines than others.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • When the Bushes entered the aisle, walking right past the Trumps, George gave Barack a friendly tap on the belly with his knuckles and kept on moving toward his seat.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Both photographers placed their art in the service of advocacy and fostering human connection, their respective practices at once embodying and expanding on Parks’s commitment to social justice and community engagement.
    News Desk, Artforum, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Children who reported parental abuse were required to have parents present during interviews with social workers.
    Mercury News & East Bay Times editorial, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Dalin was gracious in the moment, but those close to him and the campaign acknowledge that the sting was real.
    George Allen, Robb Report, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The hotel feels grown-up and staff effusively handle all of your needs with a striking level of gracious humility.
    Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In an even less hospitable part of Utah Territory, an injured horse prompts Isaac to stop for the night, the rest of which is spent getting to know his companions a bit better.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The weather was relatively hospitable for late December on the future site of the Mall of America.
    Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The message behind it all: Wine is convivial and fun and fits into your lifestyle.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Greg Gumbel, the affable and low-key sportscaster who for more than five decades was a convivial play-by-play voice and studio host for N.F.L. games, Super Bowls, the Olympics and, most memorably, the madness that descends on college basketball every March, died on Friday at his home in Davie, Fla.
    Michael S. Rosenwald, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024

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“Companionable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/companionable. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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