familiar

Example Sentences

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The lyrics of trot songs typically revolve around love and separation, or the yearning for a warm, familiar home.

From BBC

This was such a familiar nightmare for the Scots, their darkest fears in play, their rugby sanity at stake.

From BBC

But for many, the absence of a Capitol tribute underscores a familiar tension: America celebrates its reformers rhetorically, even as its institutions struggle to fully honor them.

From Salon

Throughout the play, she said, the audience would see "familiar faces from all the houses" and some new characters too.

From BBC

The rise of girls’ flag football is following a familiar path.

From Los Angeles Times