cordial

Example Sentences

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The cordial conversation Monday lasted about eight minutes, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum told journalists Wednesday during her regular morning news conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

"Kenya and Russia have had long relations since independence, literally. So this, in my view, becomes a very unfortunate episode of otherwise very positive and cordial relations between our two countries," he added.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

As played by the terrific Mr. Lutken, he is cordial but laconic, and possessed of a cool, dry humor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Blanchet noted there has been no progress towards easing Trump's sectoral tariffs battering key parts of Canada's economy and asked Carney if negotiations with the United States are "normal and cordial."

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

He’d had a cordial, lonely, persevering face, and Ishmael turned now to stare into it, for there was a portrait of Arthur hung on the wall just to the left of a bookcase.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson