be friendly
Example Sentences
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Their next matches will be friendly games in March as they step up preparations for the finals in North America.
From Barron's • Jan. 4, 2026
“It’s intended to be friendly, of course, and navigate through a world built for humans and eliminate dangerous repetitive and boring tasks,” he said at the time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 3, 2026
"I felt disgusted having to be friendly and then having to have this friendship with him," the activist, who does not want to be named, said.
From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025
I was allowed to be friendly or polite, but not to have real friends who are boys.
From Salon • May 1, 2024
People told how they had tried their best to be friendly.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
