companionably
Example Sentences
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As he snored companionably, I wondered how I’d handle our next progression, whatever that would be.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Rather than write companionably about her failures, she describes flying “a novel into the side of a mountain after years of work and multiple drafts” and pulling a story “from the still-smoking wreckage.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Fran and Owen have been chatting for only a few minutes, not all that companionably, when he asks her out.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
A few key scenes between Papoo and his friend Sam Akiyama take place at the waterfront, where the two men companionably fish by the pier.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023
The doctors and about ten villagers, all men, were seated companionably outside Dr. van Heerden’s hut.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
