Sentence examples for friends able from inspiring English sources

But I also came to wonder whether newspapers were an unhealthy addiction and was secretly impressed by friends able to take or leave them.

We need the inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue that turns neighbours into friends able to work together to confront the threats to our common security.

Ten years ago, the American Bar Association's Commission on Law and Aging looked into this problem and cited estimates that perhaps 4 percent of older adults are "the unbefriended elderly," a chilling phrase referring to those who can't make decisions for themselves, have no advance directive or surrogate decision maker, and have no family or friends able to assist.

The weird thing was that something about all this -- the traffic's making me late for the theater, the daunting cost of the distant summer and the challenge of finding a sufficient number of attractive, low-key friends able to afford such steep rent -- felt so familiar, so right.

Why do I want my dumb friends able to edit my personal info?

The government wants to train a million people in England by 2015 to become "dementia friends", able to spot signs of the illness and help sufferers.

My life was just sort of weird because, on one hand, I was on the playground with my friends, able-bodied, and then I'd like go to physical therapy and have some woman named Jandy stretch me into a pretzel.

We mourn the passing of our dearest friend, able bookkeeper and accountant.

The two of you then coexist in her address book and in a location you've presumably put on your profile, which — to Facebook's eyes, at least — might mean you're friend-able.

Not only will your friends be able to decorate, but they will also be able to guide and spook your guests throughout the haunted house.

They had good fire insurance, and thankfully, a friend of a friend was able to provide them refuge in their guesthouse.