be sociable with

Example Sentences

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“I’ll now have to be sociable with my parents.”

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2024

You know, it is the only time I would say she is going to be sociable with another panda – when she is with a youngster.”

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2015

And Kevin complained of boredom, and of having to be sociable with a steady stream of ignorant pretentious guests who visited the Weylin house.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

And otherwise she should be sociable with Mr. Marshall and ask him about sweets—who thought them up, how they got made.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

"I thought as much," said Mohi, "for no sooner do I undertake to be sociable with myself, than I am straightway forced to beat a retreat."

From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman