How to Use friendly in a Sentence

friendly

1 of 2 adjective

• It was friendly of him to offer to help us.
• A friendly breeze helped us sail the boat into the harbor.
• The local people are very friendly to visitors.
• His friendly smile was reassuring.
• They maintained a friendly correspondence.
• All my sheep have names and are friendly.
  — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
• The staff were all very friendly.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
• Black isn’t wrong about the friendly vibe.
  — Connie Ogle february 5, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
• Is the couch kid and/or pet friendly?
  — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 22 Jan. 2026
• The race is pet-friendly, but keep your pet on a leash.
  — John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2026
• Is the couch kid- and/or pet-friendly?
  — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026
• Is the couch kid- and/or dog-friendly?
  — Meg Kernahan, Architectural Digest, 15 May 2026
• At first the Quechan were friendly.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 27 Feb. 2026
• Guests can even book pet-friendly rooms if needed.
  — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
• While brand-new, the dog-friendly hotel’s roots run deep.
  — Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
• Best of all, these upgrades are renter-friendly.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Feb. 2026
• Like all the best slow-cooker recipes, this one is make-ahead friendly.
  — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2025
• Check out more spring-friendly styles below.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2026
• And if a neighbor seems friendly, don’t be afraid to ask them for help too.
  — Lindsay Geller, Women's Health, 28 Feb. 2023
• Grab this wide-feet-friendly option.
  — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
• Service was smooth and friendly.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
• Keep scrolling to shop more new petite-friendly Quince finds.
  — Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
• All feature mini-fridges and wet bars and most are dog friendly.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
• Need a budget-friendly way to give your bedroom a makeover?
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2026
• Arabidopsis is a lab-friendly weed, not a crop or tree.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
• The new neighbors have been friendly, Khalil said.
  — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
• One trail is wheelchair-friendly.
  — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 1 May 2026
• Hotel staff are warm, friendly, and know a thing or two about skiing.
  — Sophie Knight, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2026
• The bag’s budget-friendly price tag is just the cherry on top.
  — Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
• That’s how much this travel-friendly bottle won me over.
  — Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025

friendly

2 of 2 noun

• This is a great club friendlies matchup; make sure to tune in and catch all the action.
  — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
• This is a great club friendlies matchup; make sure to tune in and catch all the action.
  — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
• This is a great club friendlies matchup; make sure to tune in and catch all the action.
  — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
• Three of those goals came in the last two months in a pair of friendlies against Italy.
  — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
• There are also two friendlies against Chile late in the summer.
  — Steven Goff, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2018
• Bair appeared as a substitute in two friendlies.
  — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 23 May 2026
• Tullis-Joyce earned her first cap last April in the first of two friendlies against Brazil.
  — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
• South Korea has lost four of its last six matches, which includes friendlies.
  — Jenna Fryer, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2018
• The team went 2-0 in a pair of friendlies against Uzbekistan and Oman.
  — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 13 Sep. 2023
• These upcoming friendlies might help the German sort out some of his thoughts.
  — Graham Ruthven, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2026
• The World Cup is a whole other affair compared to these friendlies.
  — Juan Pimiento, chicagotribune.com, 3 June 2018
• The friendlies were supposed to be in preparation for the World Cup.
  — Fox News, 1 June 2018
• The national team will play two friendlies against South Korea.
  — Corey Roepken, Houston Chronicle, 19 Oct. 2017
• While in Florida, every player played a half in the club's two friendlies.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• In the last 12 months, Japan has won friendlies at Brazil and England.
  — Kellis Robinett, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
• Ahead of the World Cup, Slovenia played seven friendlies and won three of them.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2023
• The team convened in Georgia last month before playing two friendlies in the past eight days.
  — ABC News, 8 June 2026
• England has a pair of friendlies scheduled in Florida.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
• Their two previous meetings were both friendlies in the same year - 1950.
  — SI.com, 2 Oct. 2019
• But others are doing the friendlies and maybe one or two games at the World Cup, then coming home.
  — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026
• Neymar missing the pre-tournament friendlies was not ideal but not a huge deal either.
  — Colin Millar, New York Times, 18 June 2026
• United would need to adhere to Premier League rules on in-season friendlies.
  — Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
• After their pre-World Cup friendlies, some collected in a circle on the field.
  — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 23 June 2026
• These friendlies against Korea, Japan, Ecuador, Australia?
  — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
• And the group of players being considered for those four spots grew after the Gold Cup and fall friendlies.
  — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
• Look at what happened in pre-season Clubs’ warm-up friendlies are goldmines of information.
  — Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
• Seven years removed from the days when clubs refused to play RB Leipzig, even in friendlies, anger still simmers.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2016
• The team wore the blue home shirt then the white away one in pre-tournament friendlies against Peru and New Zealand.
  — Nick Miller, New York Times, 12 June 2026
• By coincidence, the Americans played all three of their group opponents last year in friendlies.
  — Filip Bondy, New York Daily News, 7 June 2026
• The Villarreal friendly offered a glimpse of both the potential and the challenge.
  — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025