How to Use familiar in a Sentence

familiar

1 of 2 noun
  • Cats make wonderful friends and, for the witchy folks among us, maybe even familiars.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Nov. 2025
  • The new study suggests that brown rats were slower to spread around the globe than our other familiars, the black rat and the house mouse.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2016
  • Alongside the food-court familiar, though, diners will find frog legs, beef tendon, pork intestine.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 29 Aug. 2021
  • For Fringe familiars, there are a few changes for 2019, Bentley says.
    — Kathy Berdan, Twin Cities, 29 July 2019
  • And while homemade is certainly the best, there are also some very good brands out there, from the old familiars to the newly invented.
    — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 19 Dec. 2017
  • In the books, Ambrose has snake familiars who do not get along with Salem, and also has a cute British accent.
    — Alexis Nedd, Cosmopolitan, 8 Jan. 2018
  • During the Salem witch hunts, common folklore said that witches transformed into their familiars (black cats).
    — Lisa Stardust, Teen Vogue, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Such moments sum up the charm of Mardi Gras, when fact and fiction, reality and fantasy, alight among familiars and strangers alike.
    — The Masked Observer, AL.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • There’s also an entire case of 33 trinkets to find and wear that impact each run, and a full menagerie of animal familiars to befriend who can follow players around and assist in battle.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • According to demon lore, Paimon is a master of the arts and familiars (spirits that often manifest as animals) who will bless his followers with wealth.
    — Yohana Desta, HWD, 8 June 2018
  • Beyond the internet hype machine, the product variety hits unsuspecting retail shoppers across financial buckets, design conscious online patrons and a host of famous familiars.
    — Jacqueline Schneider, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • The cast also includes franchise familiars Courteney Cox, Scott Foley, Mason Gooding, and Jasmin Savoy Brown.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025
  • By the end of a run, players could have as many as 15 boons which, on top of temporary weapon upgrades, blessings from Moon, familiars, and more, creates a dizzying amount of customization that’s almost impossible to intentionally recreate verbatim on the regular.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The sound of K-pop also hums through the other magical elements of the film, especially HUNTR/X’s weapons and the strange familiars that Rumi and Ji-noo (Ahn Hyo-seop) use to communicate with each other across enemy lines.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025

familiar

2 of 2 adjective
  • She spoke in a familiar way about her past.
  • She has become a familiar figure in the world of politics.
  • They felt the waiter was being overly familiar.
  • The essay covers familiar ground.
  • The ease of familiar foods is a big draw too.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Stop us if any of this sounds familiar.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Short is all too familiar with grief.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
  • Knicks fans are familiar with that hug.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
  • Okay, tell me if this sounds familiar.
    — Alex Shoemaker, Parents, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Do those sound at all familiar?
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Does any of that sound familiar?
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
  • Does any of this sound familiar?
    — Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Then a familiar voice picks up.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
  • And yet much of what this year’s club presents will look and feel familiar.
    — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Looking out over a slope is a familiar scene for many.
    — The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Match a familiar basic like jeans with your very best heels.
    — Renata Joffre, Glamour, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Do these thoughts sound familiar?
    — Laura E. Knouse, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Those ideas might sound familiar.
    — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The ice show retells the familiar stories from both films.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Jan. 2026
  • The steady hum of the sewing machine is familiar.
    — Kenny Choi, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • What surprised him most, though, was how familiar the set felt.
    — Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The boys play and eat ice cream while this familiar song plays in the background.
    — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Which sounds familiar, as do a few other things.
    — Nick Miller, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
  • For race fans, the emotions are all too familiar.
    — Zach Powell, New York Times, 23 May 2026
  • There’s a familiar archetype for this kind of purchase.
    — Lindsey Harn, Fortune, 6 June 2026
  • But Cannes is very, very familiar.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
  • Across the first three outings, a familiar rhythm emerges.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
  • For years, creators were taught a familiar script.
    — Stephanie Hind, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026
  • The long search is a familiar story.
    — JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And those echoes carry a familiar name.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Mar. 2026

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