How to Use amiable in a Sentence

amiable

adjective
  • She had an amiable conversation with her friend.
  • Everyone knew him as an amiable fellow.
  • The amiable staff knows their stuff and will get you to your apex order.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 25 July 2023
  • Yoshi and all his kin, being amiable sorts, agree to help.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 19 May 2026
  • Del Toro was such an amiable huckster.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2025
  • While there are some angry cops out there, most are good-natured and amiable.
    — WSJ, 13 May 2021
  • More on that later, but first a few words about the amiable, long-haired Smith.
    — Tom Groeschen, Cincinnati.com, 25 Aug. 2017
  • This is not a time for amiable people who get along with everyone.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Coyle, an amiable sort, has fit right in with the Blue Jackets.
    — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • But the amiable, bow-tie-wearing Ralph Roberts took a chance.
    — Meg James, latimes.com, 10 June 2018
  • Many of these encounters between the haves and have-nots are brief and amiable.
    — New York Times, 15 Oct. 2021
  • And the pirates aren't amiable comic-opera scoundrels with a sense of fun and duty.
    — Noah Feldman Bloomberg Opinion, Star Tribune, 14 May 2021
  • On top of that, Democrats tend to prefer amiable politicians.
    — Osita Nwanevu, The New Republic, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Afterlife movies tend to be amiable in a goofy way, one that ends up tamping down the stakes.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Thanks to amiable year-round weather apart from the heat, some choose to live part-time (or full-time) on their boats.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 July 2024
  • Thanks to amiable year-round weather apart from the heat, some choose to live part-time (or full-time) on their boats.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Thanks to amiable year-round weather apart from the heat, some choose to live part-time (or full-time) on their boats.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 6 June 2026
  • Reid is far more publicly amiable than the grim Bill Belichick was.
    — Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
  • But that is not the only reason the bouncy, amiable breed is the study's focus.
    — Author: Karin Brulliard, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Johnson is his usual amiable self, but the best thing about the movie is Campbell.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 12 July 2018
  • Greene said, introducing Mariya to one of the two amiable shop hounds.
    — al, 27 Mar. 2020
  • Further, Lewis was fun to be around, amiable and thoughtful, maybe candid to a fault.
    — John Shipley, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026
  • The amiable fire chief, who coos to a station dog named Vasia, is not alone in his pessimism.
    — Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Nov. 2024
  • There's a little sprinkled throughout, but these all-stars are by and large gracious and amiable.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In brief, amiable messages, the two thinkers discussed whatever fresh projects were on their minds.
    — Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian, 15 Mar. 2018
  • This amiable girldad, who got his start singing in church, was determined to get a chair turn for his daughters.
    — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The irony, of course, is how amiable this week’s sole new work is, even next to three of the most popular in the repertoire.
    — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The Honda's road manners are in line with the amiable-but-boring norm of the segment.
    — Beth Nichols, Car and Driver, 26 Feb. 2021
  • In Fisch’s hands, the brief Allegretto was as amiable as can be.
    — cleveland.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • For Kale, the ideal job is one that pays well, is closer home, and is at an amiable household that treats her well.
    — Sanaya Chandar, Quartz India, 10 Nov. 2019

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