How to Use bonhomie in a Sentence

bonhomie

noun
  • The bonhomie did not last long.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Too much frat-boy bonhomie sets off my alarms, squeezes the adrenals.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2019
  • All of this laidback bonhomie doesn’t come cheap.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • But Dolan’s tenure was fraught in a way that no amount of bonhomie could counter.
    — Paul Elie, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
  • While this was the most magical night of my trip, the bonhomie was not at all uncommon.
    — Joe Ray, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
  • When the group reconvened in Lima this month, the bonhomie was gone.
    — The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
  • This reticence did little to dampen the bonhomie of the crowds.
    — John Leland, New York Times, 30 May 2018
  • The atmosphere on the first day, beneath a surface bonhomie, was tense.
    — Simon Akam, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2019
  • That the cast is uniformly winning only adds to the spirit of bonhomie.
    — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Pine is the best thing in the film, his natural bonhomie nicely oiled and seasoned with creepiness.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Whether this photo-op summitry achieved anything beyond the bonhomie is a lot less clear.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 June 2018
  • Here the façade of bonhomie gets scraped away easily, leaving the rancor exposed like old brick.
    — Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2023
  • The new bonhomie extends to his relationship with Hansen as well.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2025
  • But that bonhomie seemed to evaporate at a hearing on the other side of the Capitol this month.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Inside the court, Marshall brought his brethren together with the force of his will and a spirit of bonhomie.
    — Adam J. White, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
  • Rainey is late to the session, but the musicians, with their easygoing bonhomie, are unfazed.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The bonhomie between the two is just the tip of the spear of a broader ideological alliance.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • But the bipartisan bonhomie hit a wall on matters of gun violence.
    — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2018
  • Barnard bookends the film with club scenes, powered by euphoric bonhomie and perhaps a few Class As.
    — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 20 May 2026
  • Now, Naomi Campbell is calling for bonhomie in the high-fashion world.
    — Erika Harwood, Vanities, 2 Feb. 2017
  • From breweries to downtown shopping to a new ballpark to a vibrant art presence, there’s a culture of bonhomie here.
    — Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 16 Apr. 2021
  • More than 30 grand finale designers gathered on stage at the end, a showing of bonhomie and of friendships.
    — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 2 Apr. 2025
  • Like the first summit, the impromptu meeting on May 26th featured a show of bonhomie.
    — The Economist, 27 May 2018
  • When Kapoor arrived at the site that day, he was horrified by the state of progress, his voice quivering with anger, all bonhomie dispelled.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022
  • American Vandal is filled with a resonant bonhomie, and ends on a note that is, well, downright moving.
    — Joanna Robinson, HWD, 7 Dec. 2017
  • Cramped passengers are ruled not by bonhomie but by hair-trigger aggression, while flight crews seek compliance rather than kinship.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026
  • And in place of executions and sermons that pepper many of their videos are bucolic scenes of bonhomie and carefree pleasures.
    — Joshua Meservey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Dec. 2015
  • But this salt-of-the-earth bonhomie soon begins to feel facile as we're seemingly barred from seeing any part of him that isn't hopelessly endearing.
    — Robyn Bahr, Billboard, 23 Nov. 2020
  • Modi’s visit to China signals improving ties — will the bonhomie last?
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025
  • May, who has sought a warm relationship with Trump amid difficulties, has planned an elaborate trip in a bid to build bonhomie.
    — Seung Min Kim, Washington Post, 13 July 2018

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