genial
Example Sentences
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His innocent smiles and genial facial expressions won over millions of viewers.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
One socializes with friends: Forty years in Charlottesville has brought me many smart and genial ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
The Sweet Southern Stammer was David Lewis, a genial Republican House member from rural North Carolina with a speech impediment and an uncommon mastery of election law.
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025
His genial, carefree attitude—“I’m not dead,” he insists, though context suggests otherwise—is meant to provide some lightness to contrast with Scarlet’s frenzied dedication, but neither character is especially compelling.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
A kind of pleasant stupor was stealing over me as I sat by the genial fire.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
Vocabulary lists containing genial
Fast Food Nation
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Grade 10, List 6
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"The Lady, or the Tiger?" by Frank R. Stockton
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