genial

Example Sentences

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When the genial 77-year-old Albany Law School graduate walked into his courtroom in lower Manhattan last week, he was presiding over a single refund case—involving a filtration company—that no one was watching.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Generally speaking, it’s more angular, more acid, more morbid, more willing to let a protagonist stew in misery, more suspicious of sentiment than our comparatively genial homegrown brand.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

His genial demeanour and penchant for folksy parables belie a past as a wily guerrilla fighter and ruthless political survivor.

From Barron's • Jan. 12, 2026

One socializes with friends: Forty years in Charlottesville has brought me many smart and genial ones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

This was wealth indeed!—wealth to the heart!—a mine of pure, genial affections.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë