likable

Example Sentences

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“Those early Jackie Chan films are really Buster Keaton–ish — very likable, not bloody,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 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

In school, he says, “I lived a facade. “I wanted to be liked so I made myself likable.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel