How to Use sociability in a Sentence

sociability

noun
  • Sayigh believes that factors such as sociability play a role.
    — Holly Barker, Discover Magazine, 5 July 2022
  • Dance, singing and sociability were in the mix now, along with boating, swimming and nature study.
    — Hartford Courant, 13 June 2022
  • Oxytocin has been shown to help with overall sociability, too.
    — Ana Faguy, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Janesville became a union town known for a climate of fair-minded sociability.
    — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 19 May 2017
  • Ingress players stress both the sociability and active lifestyle of the game.
    — David Kushner, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2019
  • An atmospheric shift toward sociability could roll in like a wave on the beach.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Behind this nervous sociability was the boys’ awareness of a grand new terrain spread out before them.
    — Ian McEwan, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • One thing pit bulls did score high on was human sociability, no surprise to anyone who has seen internet videos of lap-loving pit bulls.
    — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Fortunately, the sociability of the Mews’ layout helps make up for the largely blank ground floors.
    — Inga Saffron, Philly.com, 28 July 2017
  • Of course, there are other factors that explain the islanders’ longevity, like sociability.
    — National Geographic, 6 Aug. 2017
  • For one thing, Gregory says, its role in sociability is not straightforward.
    — Florence Williams, Discover Magazine, 4 Apr. 2013
  • However, the trait that appeared to be the biggest factor of survival was sociability.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The American front porch has long been a symbol of relaxation, sociability and watching the world go by.
    — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2019
  • In the second test, for sociability, Aliperti slid out a trap wall, revealing a mirror in the arena.
    — Maddie Bender, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2021
  • But looking over all the places where longevity is more common, sociability is a telling characteristic.
    — Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2010
  • Long stretches of solitude neither bothered him nor appeared to impair his sociability.
    — Paige Williams, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Her career was supported, in part, by a public persona of sociability and Irish romance.
    — Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Guests will never quarrel over space, as the folding bulwarks expand the beach club area in the stern, creating an alfresco hub of sociability.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The players exhibit, of all things, a kind of online well-being—sociability and outdoorsiness, amusement and irony.
    — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Liberal universalism on one level flies in the face of the nature of human sociability.
    — Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2022
  • But the illicit party drug also has a potent effect on sociability, making users feel more connected to the people around them.
    — Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The increase is in part because new standards say zoos are supposed to have herds of at least three elephants because of the animals’ inherent sociability.
    — Steve Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 18 July 2019
  • Els is one of the more genial players in professional golf, and in the year-and-a-half leading up to the competition, his sociability has rubbed off on his players.
    — Karen Crouse, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2019
  • In a crisis, endless good cheer can make employees cringe, and as sociability loses its contagiousness, fun bosses have to pivot.
    — Sam Walker, WSJ, 22 Sep. 2018
  • My husband, usually an introvert with a cynical streak, turned on his heel, moved by the beauty of nature into a moment of earnest sociability.
    — Lila Battis, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Most evenings call for pilsners, light beers, lagers — products designed for sociability, moderation and steady enjoyment.
    — Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Coffeehouses, to the king and his supporters, represented a new form of sociability that rose up in the years when England had no king, and should be stamped out.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 2 Oct. 2017
  • Sit-on-top kayaking is made for sociability, so take a look as well at the Ocean Kayak Malibu 2 ($890).
    — Doug Gantenbein, Outside Online, 22 June 2012
  • Her public image was capacious enough that Rollerena could carry not only camp and sociability, but profound grief as well.
    — Emilie Hardman, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2026
  • And recent trends in office design are meant to encourage more sociability, with open floor plans and common areas that feel more like comfortable living rooms than sterile workspaces.
    — Brianna Holt, Quartz at Work, 25 Nov. 2019

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