Example Sentences

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"Fifteen women. Forty people in all," the officer concluded, and then, affably enough, he offered a parting, "good luck".

From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025

“It feels good to have another opportunity,” she told me affably, “to hold the press accountable.”

From Slate • Apr. 16, 2025

In literature, 44 listed an eclectic mix of 17 books, “deliberately omitting” “A Promised Land” — though he affably described it as “a pretty good book” in a tweet.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2020

This charity has had its legitimacy called into question several times, and each time Bohms has defended it affably.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2020

He glanced behind me and asked more affably, “How come you’re carrying that humongous suitcase around?”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides