familiar

Example Sentences

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When it comes to soup, there’s a familiar script: You boil, you simmer, you tend.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

After a long day of teaching, Rudy Lerosey-Aubril turned to a familiar task: preparing a Cambrian arthropod fossil for study.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Her lyrical themes are familiar – yearning desire, romantic uncertainty – but there's a newfound freedom in dancing her cares away.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Its Absolute Return Enhanced fund, gained about 3% in March and is up 3.7% so far this year, a person familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

As I walk I realize that this street seems familiar not only because it reminds me of France but because I have been on it before, just a few days ago, with Theo.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse