companionably
Example Sentences
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Warren said she and Trump had a phone conversation in which they seemed to have talked companionably about the issue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026
Rather than write companionably about her failures, she describes flying “a novel into the side of a mountain after years of work and multiple drafts” and pulling a story “from the still-smoking wreckage.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Running Out: You can accept some silences as normal, since they can be, companionably so.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2021
They seem like nice people, Victor the doctor and Martha the maid, chatting away companionably in his comfortable office at the clinic.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2019
There was a gas heater which hissed companionably.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
