conversable

Example Sentences

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"You found the Arabs conversable and ready at the cup, Mr. Monday?" observed the captain, lighting a cigar, which with him was a never-failing sign for a gossip.

From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore

Just then, perhaps, Nettie was not a very conversable companion.

From The Doctor's Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

The proprietress, charming and conversable lady, will sell you anything in the “notions” line, from a paper of pins to garter elastic.

From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher

The operation was repeated, and it was finally found that, by means of this extemporised ear-trumpet, the poor creature once more became a conversable member of society.

From The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

I was very agreeably disappointed, when the governor informed, that he only wished to consult me about his watch, and seemed unusually pleasant and conversable.

From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by Foxe, John