How to Use friendliness in a Sentence

friendliness

noun

• The city, with its warts-and-all friendliness, has a small-town feel.
  — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 June 2024
• Even at a friend's pool party, when one of the kids found a garter snake, the initial freak-out turned to friendliness.
  — Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2022
• But Tamarindo never feels like a ghost town, which is a testament to the friendliness of the staff.
  — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2023
• One source of restraint is the sitcom friendliness of the writing.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
• The absolute best thing about this island is the friendliness of the people.
  — Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
• In the early 2000s, the village's pedestrian friendliness and mix of uses was ahead of its time — for the U.S.
  — Alexandria Sands, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
• My images are a direct reflection of the warmth and friendliness of the people of Kenya.
  — Chiara Bardelli Nonino, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2022
• Both countries seem more concerned with the friendliness of the regime in Damascus than with who heads it.
  — Kenneth Roth, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2015
• So there is some initial awkwardness, some fake friendliness, how are the kids — that kind of thing.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2022
• And there's also a sort of a Midwestern warmth and friendliness.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2022
• And that friendliness translates to the visitors as well.
  — Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 May 2024
• That shareholder friendliness is one reason to like the stock.
  — Brett Owens, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
• Other plus points included the superb restaurants (cheaper than in the States) and the friendliness of the people, say the couple.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2024
• Valencia sports a mustache and a stud earring and has an easy friendliness about him.
  — Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2024
• Even in humans, a smile does not always convey friendliness and joy.
  — Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
• Though not known for their friendliness, groundhogs will sometimes great each other nose to nose.
  — USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
• The friendliness of everyone from the person who checks him in to those who do his hair and back massage are among the reasons he’s gone nowhere else for nearly four decades.
  — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2022
• This leads to projecting the type of friendliness that builds connection.
  — Emma Nadler, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
• Media friendliness should have nothing to do with being an All-Star.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
• The place has changed hands a few times since, but its quality and friendliness have remained consistent.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2025
• From start to finish, the friendliness and bend-over-backwards-to-help attitude from the ANA staff was nothing short of remarkable.
  — Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
• And the councilman who acclaimed Solvang’s friendliness — Robert Clarke — made some of the most heated and unfriendly comments of all.
  — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
• For the sake of OnlyFans’ user growth, Gan had to maintain the site’s friendliness toward creators.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2023
• There was a subdued friendliness, a cautious stepping-out energy to the day.
  — Dylan Tupper Rupert, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2024
• The cartoon friendliness of this one is hard to beat, and looks especially cute with round, bright ornaments.
  — Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 2 Dec. 2024
• Putting some warmth and friendliness into it brightens any exchange.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 4 Oct. 2020
• Elke and Rudi were avid travelers who always greeted Airbnb hosts with warmth and friendliness.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
• So the 6-year-old pup was ready to show off her friendliness when a visitor, identified only as Jeffrey, arrived in search of a long-term shelter dog.
  — Simone Jasper, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
• Experts looked at 50 key indicators of family-friendliness to determine how each state ranks, such as health care quality and crime rates.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 17 Jan. 2025
• Perhaps the goal is to use the model for customer service and everyday tasks where friendliness and emotional intelligence (EQ) are more important than math skills, for example.
  — Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 27 Feb. 2025