lovable

Example Sentences

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He could be described as a lovable loser, but he’s so much more than that.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 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

For all of the film’s expository merit, for all of the care and efficiency Hughes exhibited in creating such wonderful and instantly lovable women, “Pretty in Pink” flubs the landing.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Representing Gomez’s children, they evoke something closer to a parent’s reality: lovable kids, grungy and soiled.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Her steady beam of love was unsettling, and she had never dropped those expressions of affection that had been so lovable in her childhood.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison