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The Sun's Felicity Cross gave it five stars, saying that despite being "awkward", it was "endearing, and full of fun banter".

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

She was endearing even though she was misunderstood.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Actor Ajay Devgun said Lahiri was endearing in person, “but his music had an edge. He introduced a more contemporary style to Hindi film music.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2022

His modesty was endearing to his constituents and elicited a sense of trust among his Democratic and Republican colleagues.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2019

Their acquaintance began early; the life of each was pictured on the other’s mind; their conversation, therefore, was endearing, for when they met, there was an immediate coalition of congenial notions.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel