Sentence examples for in likeable from inspiring English sources

And where the monster emerges in likeable relief, against the narrator's maxims, or other characters' opinions on him.

On the big screen, Chelton had small parts in likeable comedies directed by Yves Robert, especially Alexandre Le Bienheureux (Happy Alexander, 1968), as a gossipy shop owner.

But it also forced Clara to go solo, recruiting her own companion in likeable oik Rigsy and his band of Asbo brothers.

Nor does she complain about how hard it is to juggle work and family, or let us into photo shoots where we see the banal and recognizable rituals of grocery shopping or ferrying kids, so that we can know reassuringly that she is JUST LIKE US (fill in likeable female politician/news anchor here).

She is not continually letting us in to the details of some battle with bulimia or weight problems or health problems or drug abuse, or the way her heart always seems to get broken (fill in likeable talented/wealthy/successful actress, musician, etc here).

BELO HORIZONTE Football fans visiting for England's game against Costa Rica on 24 June should schedule in a few days in this likeable city ringed by mountains with a lively cultural scene, striking modernist architecture, a handful of world-class museums and galleries, great food and some of the best nightlife outside of Rio and São Paulo.

Religion has long played a part in some national cinemas, so it's no surprise that fundamentalism has a role in the likeable, earnest Iranian lesbian love story, "Circumstance".

Mrs Merkel "fits the cliché that we Germans have of ourselves: frugal, sombre, awkward and a bit unpolished in a likeable way," says Ralph Bollmann, author of one of a ream of biographies published this year.

We see a similar pattern in the likeable section.

One of the gestures he demonstrates create trust while the other two can be a turn off - and trust is crucial in becoming likeable.

Rickman showcased his gift for comedy in this immensely likeable Star Trek spoof in which the crew of a sci-fi TV series are mistaken for genuine space warriors by a group of visiting aliens.