sociableness

Example Sentences

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Here is a great deal of good company, and abundance of gentry being in the neighbourhood, it adds to the sociableness of the place. 

From From London to Land's End and Two Letters from the "Journey through England by a Gentleman" by Morley, Henry

Strikes me that Heman's sociableness is the best sign yet.

From Cy Whittaker's Place by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

That government will seek the good of all is likely to be the case, because man has it as a fundamental law of his nature that he "maintain a sociableness with others."

From Unitarianism in America by Cooke, George Willis

"The outer beach in winter ain't exactly a camp-meeting for sociableness," he said.

From Cap'n Eri by Lincoln, Joseph Crosby

And such was Mr. Clare's sociableness and disability of detaching himself from pleasant conversation, that the uncle and nephew scarcely started for their walk across the park in time for the seven o'clock service.

From Clever Woman of the Family by Yonge, Charlotte Mary