The commandant was in no amiable frame of mind.
Schneider, a principal at Deloitte, is an amiable man who calls to mind Ray Romano.
Especially in "The Rise of the Creative Class," which is by far the best of his books, he shows himself to be an amiable, unpretentious thinker — not somebody with an arrestingly original mind but a dogged, careful compiler of data and assimilator of material drawn from across a wide range.
The smallest commonplace of domestic life, so amiable to the healthy mind, lacerates like a blade.
As Buzz Lightyear, a space-age superhero who can seemingly fly, Mr. Jobs is the perfect foil to Mr. Iger, whose smoothly coiffed hair and earnest intentions bring to mind the amiable cowboy Woody.
Maintaining an amiable and innocently awed tone, he minds his science more than his fiction, delivering a listless romance upstaged by a cute robot, dancing aliens and Kinky Friedman as a Johnny Cash-style president of the United States.
Amiable waiters wear denims that bring to mind old-fashioned dungarees.
Out of the loop, amiable dunce, malaise and crook come to mind.
All dancing, all singing, all wisecracking, the animated penguins from down under (way under) return in "Happy Feet Two," an amiable sequel with not much on its mind other than funny and creaky jokes, and waves of understated beauty.
Mind you, Trevor Bayliss, with his slow, amiable drawl seldom seems to be too concerned about anything, which is one of his virtues as a coach.
