How to Use friendliness in a Sentence
friendliness
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The city, with its warts-and-all friendliness, has a small-town feel.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 June 2024
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Even at a friend's pool party, when one of the kids found a garter snake, the initial freak-out turned to friendliness.
—Emily Willingham, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2022
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But Tamarindo never feels like a ghost town, which is a testament to the friendliness of the staff.
—Keaton Bell, Vogue, 1 Dec. 2023
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One source of restraint is the sitcom friendliness of the writing.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
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The absolute best thing about this island is the friendliness of the people.
—Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
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My images are a direct reflection of the warmth and friendliness of the people of Kenya.
—Chiara Bardelli Nonino, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2022
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Both countries seem more concerned with the friendliness of the regime in Damascus than with who heads it.
—Kenneth Roth, Foreign Affairs, 15 Dec. 2015
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So there is some initial awkwardness, some fake friendliness, how are the kids — that kind of thing.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Apr. 2022
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And there's also a sort of a Midwestern warmth and friendliness.
—Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2022
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And that friendliness translates to the visitors as well.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 May 2024
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Valencia sports a mustache and a stud earring and has an easy friendliness about him.
—Michael Waters, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2024
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Though not known for their friendliness, groundhogs will sometimes great each other nose to nose.
—USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024
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The friendliness of everyone from the person who checks him in to those who do his hair and back massage are among the reasons he’s gone nowhere else for nearly four decades.
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 29 Sep. 2022
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Media friendliness should have nothing to do with being an All-Star.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
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From start to finish, the friendliness and bend-over-backwards-to-help attitude from the ANA staff was nothing short of remarkable.
—Lauren Mowery, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
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And the councilman who acclaimed Solvang’s friendliness — Robert Clarke — made some of the most heated and unfriendly comments of all.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
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For the sake of OnlyFans’ user growth, Gan had to maintain the site’s friendliness toward creators.
—Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2023
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Putting some warmth and friendliness into it brightens any exchange.
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 4 Oct. 2020
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Elke and Rudi were avid travelers who always greeted Airbnb hosts with warmth and friendliness.
—Francesca Street, CNN, 17 Jan. 2023
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This manifests in a friendliness, a gentleness, and a certain charm.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2022
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Some Californians moving to Texas have been met with a surprise: the friendliness of their new neighbors.
—Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Sep. 2022
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The cafe is pretty much always buzzing with crowds; your stand in line may require a tiny bit of patience, but the baristas make up for any waiting time with their warmth, friendliness and skills with the espresso machine.
—Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
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But Florida does have two cities on the list, with friendliness bolstering their quirky charms, deep history and vibrant art scenes.
—Patrick McCreless, Miami Herald, 28 May 2024
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On the contrary, the Sachem is not celebrated in Saugus because of his race, but rather for his strength, friendliness, and determination.
—BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2022
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Some fossil fuel execs see the White House’s friendliness as part of a broader international shift due to the crisis in Ukraine.
—Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 14 Mar. 2022
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The variety of prices, sizes, user-friendliness, and tech features means there’s a model for everyone.
—Mike Richard, Men's Health, 14 Jan. 2023
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Her friendliness has become a hallmark of her current campaign.
—Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Aug. 2022
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According to founder Julie Schott, the eponymous brand’s name comes from a place of: Accessibility and friendliness...
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 4 Apr. 2023
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His friendliness with the dictators of Russia and North Korea is wrong-headed, even dangerous.
—Michael I. Krauss, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2020
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Just Cake is run by two sisters who take pride in avoiding additives or preservatives and charm customers with their friendliness, passion, and baking skills.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2024
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