affable
Example Sentences
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The officer wrote that the famously affable Garrett was “kind and cooperative,” and that drugs and alcohol were not a factor.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
As captured here, its members do seem quite rational, not to mention affable and easygoing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026
According to the affable 38-year-old, ultra-violent or supernatural stories -- from Netflix's "Stranger Things" to gaming favourite "Resident Evil" -- work as a sort of pressure valve.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
Yet Gnassingbé makes no secret of cultivating affable and supportive relations with Burkina Faso and the fellow Sahelian military governments in Niger and Mali – all three of whom walked out of Ecowas last January.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
Tomard was a solid man,- affable, loyal, tireless, capable in a limited way, but he was near fifty, and even in his youth he had never been energetic.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
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