familiar

Example Sentences

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Sitting down to watch an episode of her favourite soap, Amanda Grey couldn't help but feel that EastEnders looked more familiar than usual.

From BBC

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