Examples of likable in a Sentence
Detective Grant is the most likeable character in the novel.
She seems like a friendly, likable young woman.
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There, Taylor admitted her character isn't likable.
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Brett Gelman, as the zany Murray, became a fan-favorite recurring character, while Cara Buono continued her role as Mike Wheeler's likable but smothering mom, Karen Wheeler.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Fanning, too, is quirky and broadly likable and very much at home as a sassy sci-fi lead, even when working from an overly cute script.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
First-time screenwriter Nora Garrett assembles a viper’s nest of academics and one star student, but no one is likable.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Brett Gelman, as the zany Murray, became a fan-favorite recurring character, while Cara Buono continued her role as Mike Wheeler's likable but smothering mom, Karen Wheeler.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Fanning, too, is quirky and broadly likable and very much at home as a sassy sci-fi lead, even when working from an overly cute script.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
First-time screenwriter Nora Garrett assembles a viper’s nest of academics and one star student, but no one is likable.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Likable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/likable. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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