Sentence examples for companionable from inspiring English sources

He is the most nudgily companionable of writers.

So how can it be made to seem more companionable?One way is to survey the terrain from a considerable height by dipping into a good anthology.

Between 1806 and 1825, Munis, a lyric poet, wrote the poems that constitute his divan, Munis-ul ʿushshäq ("The Most Companionable of the Lovers").

To us he appears like a hearty, companionable man, with a deal of fun in him".

He was close and secret, a deep dissembler, lowly of countenance, arrogant of heart, outwardly companionable where he inwardly hated, not hesitating to kiss whom he thought to kill.

With relish, More thus sketches Richard's character: He was close and secret, a deep dissembler, lowly of countenance, arrogant of heart, outwardly companionable where he inwardly hated, not hesitating to kiss whom he thought to kill.

Top-quality photography and production values, and the museum's director's learned but companionable style, mark the project's triumphant transition from radio to print as the human family shows its treasures from Mexico to China, and Scotland to Sudan.

So I go for the more companionable Nigel Slater.

In fact, I shoved the poor creatures over the edge of a companionable silence into a conversational abyss out of which, being delightful folk from Wisconsin, they were for a while too polite to clamber.

It was glorious inside the walled garden (open by appointment only), the brick walls soaking up the sunshine and a companionable clutch of chickens scratching about on the manure heap.

In the right circumstances a car can turn into a confession box with pneumatic tyres, a place at ease with long silences – whether they're companionable or awkward – but also encouraging of revelation.