How to Use familiarity in a Sentence

familiarity

noun
  • He spoke to everyone with the easy familiarity of an old friend.
  • But too many changes come at the cost of the familiarity the show built with its audience.
    Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 25 July 2022
  • There’s a lot of fan expectation, there’s a lot of familiarity.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The new familiarity between Hall and Epps is a common theme across the rest of the roster.
    Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022
  • There are tactical concerns at play with such familiarity.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 24 Nov. 2024
  • The major shortcoming is that the story seems to rely on the audience’s familiarity with the novel.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2022
  • For food brands, which rely on familiarity, holiday items can offer consumers some variety.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Those tempted to try for themselves might be further encouraged by what Reiss describes as a certain degree of familiarity.
    Jack Guy, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
  • If there’s an element of familiarity in Tangier, the next stop, Meknes, is a step in the other direction.
    Elle Benson Easton, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Was the incident at Target Center merely a product of two teams starting to dislike each other out of sheer familiarity?
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
  • This constituted a more complex case of object recognition; the dogs could not simply rely on familiarity with the toys to retrieve the target toy successfully.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 July 2022
  • Brand said the familiarity between the teams at times brought the emotions to the surface.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Plus, there’s the danger of familiarity, of echoing the grand and epic scores of war films past.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Her deep familiarity with the city was part of the reason that she was selected for the job.
    Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2023
  • There is a vividness and a familiarity in the work as if we’ve been transported to the past.
    Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • The Merkava has a unique design, while the Leopard has familiarity and seems to ride as smooth as the Abrams.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 1 Nov. 2022
  • When choosing a sitter, familiarity is the name of the game.
    Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The recent familiarity could help in front of a home crowd.
    Kyle Foley, Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2024
  • And so there’s a familiarity and a comfort to that to some extent.
    William Earl, Variety, 9 Nov. 2023
  • So if not familiarity, what drew the Cowboys to drafting Brooks with the 244th pick?
    Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Khan, the youngest member of the team by more than a year, felt a sense of familiarity with Pakistani players.
    Shakeia Taylor, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • There was a familiarity in the ways people talked about her race.
    Hazlitt, 3 May 2023
  • Oregon State will have its hands full with the dual threat Cordeiro, but at least the Beavers have some familiarity.
    Ndaschel, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Being in the same room with these artists, a comfort and familiarity rises to the surface.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • There's a familiarity and a rapport that has been built over time.
    CBS News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Like most people who frequent the Blue Fin, that familiarity and lack of modern touches is as much of a draw as the food and prices.
    AZCentral.com, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The idea was that familiarity was the best way for Prescott to continue to grow as a quarterback.
    Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2023
  • For the designer, that kind of familiarity was a good thing.
    Alyssa Bird, ELLE Decor, 4 Jan. 2023
  • McVay said the Rams signed Winn because of his familiarity with the Rams’ system.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Along with them is an acknowledgment of failure, given the state’s familiarity with such storms.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Oct. 2024

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