likable

Example Sentences

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Both leads are basically likable but unfortunately blank, Ms. Bailey especially, though they look suitably attractive when showered by sprinklers in vineyards full of luscious grapes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Ferreira’s Margot, the new film’s gutsy, likable lead, is a content moderator for a social media site named Kino.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The director says he initially used wide lenses, which highlighted that Joe was "distracted, he's not a likable person".

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Steve Carell’s character in the likable, watchable and even lovable “Rooster” is classic Steve Carell: Self-aware, charming, boyish, incapable of reading a room, sidestepping a faux pas or calculating nuance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

“Perry was a likable kid, well liked around the neighborhood—he never done one thing out of the way to my knowledge.”

From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote