likable
Example Sentences
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Our critic praised the acting, noting that “Steve Carell’s character in the likable, watchable and even lovable ‘Rooster’ is classic Steve Carell.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
The director says he initially used wide lenses, which highlighted that Joe was "distracted, he's not a likable person".
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Steve Carell’s character in the likable, watchable and even lovable “Rooster” is classic Steve Carell: Self-aware, charming, boyish, incapable of reading a room, sidestepping a faux pas or calculating nuance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Characters with strong personalities that are not simplistically likable feel the truest to Jimenez.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026
I’m not that good, Peeta’s the good one, the likable one.
From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins
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