How to Use friendly with in a Sentence

friendly with

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  • Tip well and be friendly with the staff.
    Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Staff describes him as lively and friendly with a zest for life.
    Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Trump has been friendly with the Ellisons.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 10 Dec. 2025
  • Allred was friendly with everyone who would walk through his doors.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Neighbors who had been friendly with King appealed to him.
    Kansas City Star, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Pricing stays friendly with 33% off.
    Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Tequila gets friendly with passion fruit, sweet and sour, and orange and lime juices.
    Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Feb. 2023
  • James is friendly with him and has always had a great relationship with him.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Take a look at Chris Brown getting extra friendly with a fan above.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 12 June 2025
  • Lucy Hale will soon be friendly with an award from Friendly House.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2024
  • As her name suggests, Lovely is sweet and friendly with a great sense of humor.
    BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The volunteers staffing both tables were friendly with each other.
    The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The police were busy yesterday and last night in an effort to question men who had been friendly with her in recent months.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Clarke first became friendly with Fox to explore new finance options for his empire.
    Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
  • Some of the leashed dog owners don’t mind, but others become annoyed, because their dogs are not friendly with other dogs.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The 3-year-old cat, who weighs just 2 pounds, is also very friendly with Yuliia’s other cats.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The two were friendly with each other and the situation checked OK.
    Andy Attina / Cleveland.com, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Prince William in real life, the couple has remained friendly with Rupert in the years since.
    Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Sundberg is friendly with Téllez and said she’s seen how hurtful online commentary in these types of groups can be.
    Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Patient and kind, Emilia respects her teachers and is friendly with her classmates.
    Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024
  • After becoming friendly with her servers, Garner would ask to take their portraits.
    Fiona Alison Duncan, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Lewis Capaldi has met plenty of famous people over the years and become friendly with a few of them.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2025
  • His contract will become even more friendly with only one season left on a three-year, $60 million deal.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Adam became friendly with Song, the Chinese professor in the film.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Many at the wedding were friendly with the main arsonist, who had since been convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
    Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • This was a friendly with what can be charitably categorized as a C team.
    Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 11 June 2025
  • When there is plenty of food, Sunny and Gizmo are quite bonded and friendly with each other.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025
  • The social movement scholar served on Bass’ transition team and has been friendly with her since her activist days.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
  • The team will then fly to Guadalajara for a friendly with Mexico on Tuesday.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Anthony, a hermit who lived in the desert, was not known to have been friendly with animals in the way that Francis was.
    Mary Dzon, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2023

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