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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First-time screenwriter Nora Garrett assembles a viper’s nest of academics and one star student, but no one is likable.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
And Berchtold capably taps into the raw pain underneath Paul’s party-bro exterior, rendering him pitiable if not exactly likable.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
The jokes are funny but not hilarious and the characters are likable but not memorable.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Somehow, though, Roberts manages to be her usual likable self in the film, which probably helps account for its success.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
And Berchtold capably taps into the raw pain underneath Paul’s party-bro exterior, rendering him pitiable if not exactly likable.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
The jokes are funny but not hilarious and the characters are likable but not memorable.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
Somehow, though, Roberts manages to be her usual likable self in the film, which probably helps account for its success.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Likable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/likable. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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