Sentence examples for likeable for from inspiring English sources

By refusing to be likeable (for the most part), she rejects the affections of the in-show audience but firmly wins ours.

And Ruston agrees with Maxted – heroines don't have to be likeable for readers to want to live in their world: "Remember how addictive Dynasty was?

The Seahorse is extremely likeable, for its sense of place and for showcasing the produce of land and sea with such single-minded style.

Yet familiarity renders him likeable – for his humour, his doggedness, his candour, his curiosity and his wrong-headed judgments – for example, preferring Perry Como to Frank Sinatra.

The film pays credit where it's due: Meek's achievements owed much to his long-suffering musicians, including a future guitarist of Deep Purple; half of Chas and Dave (played by an affably gangling Ralf Little); and bullishly no-nonsense drummer Clem Cattini (James Corden, presumably filmed before overexposure did for him, and all the more likeable for it).

Just as important, authenticity makes a leader likeable, for lack of a better word.

Sometimes being "likeable" – apologizing for "nothing", making our voices higher, not asking for too much at work – is a survival technique for living in a culture that punishes us when we get out of line.

Likeable enough for you?

It was easy, with such a likeable menu, for the rest of us to blend right in.

Wes Anderson gets his eccentric groove back on with a witty and likeable movie for little kids and their hip older siblings.

And of the fragile freaks that have happily stained the outer limits of rock over the years, from Jobriath to Kid Strange, he is the most likeable and for whatever reasons the most popular.