companionably

Example Sentences

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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

We look back at his remarkable journey to the Los Angeles Zoo, where he lives companionably with a female named Tina.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2022

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

They sat in silence for a while, companionably, as the stars slowly wheeled in the sky.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman