AMIABLE in a Sentence

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It was enough for her that he appeared to be amiable, that he loved her daughter, and that Elinor returned the partiality.

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 Meanings and Examples of AMIABLE
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amiable
 a.  good-natured and likable; lovable; warmly friendly
Classic Sentence: (118 in 8 pages)
1  He must have been a noble creature in his better days, being even now in wreck so attractive and amiable.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
2  During all that period she appeared to me the most amiable and benevolent of human creatures.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8
3  A considerable period elapsed before I discovered one of the causes of the uneasiness of this amiable family: it was poverty, and they suffered that evil in a very distressing degree.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
4  I could mention innumerable instances which, although slight, marked the dispositions of these amiable cottagers.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
5  These amiable people to whom I go have never seen me and know little of me.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
6  She was generous, amiable, interesting: she was everything but prudent.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
7  It was enough for her that he appeared to be amiable, that he loved her daughter, and that Elinor returned the partiality.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
8  Edward is very amiable, and I love him tenderly.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
9  Or at least, if she did not bring herself quite to rejoice in Edward's being fettered to Lucy, she determined, that had Lucy been more amiable, she OUGHT to have rejoiced.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35
10  He had not a handsome face, but it was better than handsome: being extremely amiable and cheerful.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
11  Upon which Mrs. Pocket received me with an appearance of amiable dignity.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXII
12  Mr. Chillip laid his head a little more on one side, and looked at my aunt like an amiable bird.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1. I AM BORN
13  In a word, I never saw anybody so thoroughly jovial as Mr. Micawber was, down to the very last moment of the evening, when I took a hearty farewell of himself and his amiable wife.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 17. SOMEBODY TURNS UP
14  Like enough,' he returned; 'though there's a sarcastic meaning in that observation for an amiable piece of innocence like my young friend.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 22. SOME OLD SCENES, AND SOME NEW PEOPLE
15  The amiable creature with the polished head told me a long story, which I think was about gardening.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26. I FALL INTO CAPTIVITY
Example Sentence:
1  In Little Women, Beth is the amiable daughter whose loving disposition endears her to all who know her.
2  If she is in any degree amiable, I shall surely be able to get on with her.
3  Sara, while remaining outwardly amiable toward all concerned, was inwardly furious.
4  Behind that amiable facade, he's a deeply unpleasant man.
5  Hiddleston is too amiable to convey the full contemptuous hauteur of the great commander who cannot speak of the common people without complaining about their breath.