CORDIAL in a Sentence

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Amy spoke earnestly, and Jo said, with a cordial hug, "I understand now what you mean, and I'll never laugh at you again."

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 Meanings and Examples of CORDIAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
cordial
 a.  gracious; showing warm and friendliness
Classic Sentence: (95 in 7 pages)
1  Laurie ran to meet and present them to his friends in the most cordial manner.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
2  On the lawn where it had gathered, the little party separated with cordial good nights and good-byes, for the Vaughns were going to Canada.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWELVE
3  In came Amy, quite calm and delightfully cordial to the one guest who had kept her promise.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
4  The little girls hailed Amy and her treasures with delight, which cordial reception somewhat soothed her perturbed spirit, and she fell to work, determined to succeed florally, if she could not artistically.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY
5  Her mother gave her an extra cordial cup of tea.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY
6  Amy spoke earnestly, and Jo said, with a cordial hug, "I understand now what you mean, and I'll never laugh at you again."
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY
7  It also touched her, and she showed that it did, by the cordial tone in which she said.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
8  If the stranger had any doubts about his reception, they were set at rest in a minute by the cordial welcome he received.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
9  The ease of his manner freed me from painful restraint: the friendly frankness, as correct as cordial, with which he treated me, drew me to him.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
10  Whenever I went out, I heard on all sides cordial salutations, and was welcomed with friendly smiles.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
11  Mr. Darcy walked off; and Elizabeth remained with no very cordial feelings toward him.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 3
12  But my feelings are not only cordial towards him; they are even impartial towards Miss King.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26
13  Their reception from Mr. Bennet, to whom they then turned, was not quite so cordial.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 51
14  It pleases her brother to see us cordial, and that pleases me.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
15  I welcomed my friend, therefore, in the most cordial manner, and we walked towards my college.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
Example Sentence:
1  Let him be cordial in his ways and refined in conduct ; thereby full of joy he will make an end of ill.
2  Though one was a Democrat and the other a Republican, the rivalry over which one would move up first was cordial.
3  We maintain cordial relations with our neighbors.
4  Our hosts greeted us at the airport with a cordial welcome and a hearty hug.
5  You are cordially invited to attend the annual parish meeting.
6  On a personal level, they came to be cordially disliked.