Example Sentences

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What unites them is a paradoxically grim gregariousness in which humor can take on a deadly seriousness and suddenly kneecap its own narrative foundations without warning.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Otherwise, there’s a friendly gregariousness to her that belies her solitary violin work.

From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023

This kind of gregariousness between unrelated groups is rare in birds and mammals.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 2, 2022

A high school dropout and former Marine, his instincts and gregariousness propelled him to become one of the industry’s most powerful talent agents.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2021

I learned to prefer peace to war, cleverness to stupidity, love to hate, sensitivity to stoicism, humility to pomposity, reconciliation to hostility, harmony to strife, patience to rashness, gregariousness to misanthropy, creation to annihilation.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane