Sentence examples for genial behavior from inspiring English sources

The respective aims of Baldassare Castiglione's "Courtier," which recommends sprezzatura, the Renaissance equivalent of being cool, and Machiavelli's "Prince," devoted to realpolitik (and therefore stressing effective, rather than genial, behavior), are admiration and glory.

Spacey discussed what he calls his "disruptive" professional behavior in a genial interview in Beverly Hills last week, slipping occasionally into his Jack Lemmon and Bill Clinton impressions and a generic Valley Guy voice he deploys for mocking stupid people ("Like, don't you get bored doing the same thing every night?").

His tone is genial.

His genial features sharpened.

He is genial and deferential.

He's genial and mellow.

Tories fear this genial Everyman.

He made grandiosity genial.

Genial, wise, funny... Eric Newby.

Everyone was genial.

His genial personality evaporated.