Sentence examples for a familiar in from inspiring English sources

Although the republicanism of Florence was now eclipsed, and Alberti now moved as a familiar in the circle of the princely Lorenzo de' Medici, De iciarchia ("On the Man of Excellence and Ruler of His Family") represents in full flower the public-spirited Humanism of the earlier bourgeois age to which he belonged.

Phase 3 (Day 7, test): in both sight-allowed and isolated pairs, half of the pairs were subject to a sham switch while the other half to a real switch; thus the dominant octopus within each pair was allowed to encounter either a familiar (in the case of sham switches) or an unfamiliar conspecific (in the case of real switches).

If you're a familiar in the club scene the staff will watch out for you, but you must still be cautious.

It was another performance that left Woods in a familiar place, in a class by himself.

Everton find themselves in a familiar position in the season's early weeks.

In a familiar house, in contrast, the agent may be looking for a particular spoon.

-- At the NASCAR Sprint Cup race two weeks ago at Darlington Raceway, Joe Gibbs found himself in a familiar spot -- in a huddle.

The H-ALN condition was studied to assess brain activity in a familiar environment in the absence of social interaction.

"Snapping a line," a technique familiar in ancient Egypt, is employed in modern building construction.

Just a familiar face in a trademark white suit, standing in a very unfamiliar spot.

In the opening episode, we encounter a familiar face in an unfamiliar setting, a dungeon.