How To Use Affable In A Sentence
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Yeah, he's a pop genius, but his cool, affable swagger and clever repartee are the perfect complement to the more extroverted, outgoing personalities of Dahle and Ms. Case.
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an affable smile
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Forrest was normally mild-mannered, affable, and untalkative.
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Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
The Younger Set
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Indeed, he is something of an affable version of our outgoing governor - not as bright, not as driven, but equally without agenda and equally without a base.
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It would be a shame if he lost his affable, easy-going nature.
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He is an affable man who could enhance Ireland's habit of producing major winners.
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Annie Wagner in the Stranger: As a movie, Diggers is affable and lazy - its purpose obscured by a swarm of clichés.
GreenCine Daily: Diggers.
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I was pretty affable myself, just then, and pretended not to hear one or two of the more jealous remarks that were dropped - about how odd it was that Her Majesty hadn't chosen one of the purple brigade to squire her young cousin, not so much as Guardee even, but a plain Mr - and who the deuce were the Flashmans anyway?
The Sky Writer
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People are talking differently about the man that they thought of as an affable neighbour, pleasant cabbie, reliable friend and dutiful father.
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Johnny had a warm and affable personality and was renowned as a hard worker.
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Both places were full of titled guests invited (or commanded, rather) by Kralta, and we drove in sleighs and skated and tobogganed and revelled by evening and pleasured by night, and it was Vienna in the Arctic, with the Prince always on hand, bland and affable as ever with his popsies around him (one of 'em a new bird, an Italian, who'd replaced the garrulous blonde, no doubt on Kralta's orders) and it was all such enormous fun that I was heartily sick of it.
Watershed
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Everyone seemed very pleasant and affable and there wasn't too much in the way of pontificating.
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Pleasant and affable in his dealings with people, he commanded great regard throughout the community.
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He is not a great intellectual but he is a practical and affable man who gets on with things and will get the job done.
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His comfortable upbringing and magic carpet ride to the top have left him with a charming, affable manner.
The Sun
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In the quarter century since that evening of enlightenment, what Russell, one of the most popular and affable members of the professional fraternity, has done with his life has varied.
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Listen to their concerns, Mr President, and be your affable, charming self.
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But, as of old, his smooth face fairly shone with affable ease.
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Perhaps that's why, behind the affable front, he seems edgy.
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Greece's affable, easy-going ways have long made it a favourite with families.
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Publicly affable, his home life seems to have taken the brunt of his drive and ambition.
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Then last year, he made a comeback starring as the affable-yet-clueless dad of two teen babes and a pesky son.
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The thought, previously unconsidered, brings a laugh from the big, affable Sixmilebridgeman.
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Affable, intelligent, and a talented general, the regent was also a libertine and a rake who had fallen foul of the starchy atmosphere of Versailles during Louis XIV's twilight years.
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He is not a great intellectual but he is a practical and affable man who gets on with things and will get the job done.
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Earp was fond of using the word affable when describing his friend to others.
The Always Affable Obama
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He and I had one or two big fights -- and I was younger, far nastier and angrier and shot to kill, back then -- but, no matter what names I called him, the next time I spoke to him he was always equanimous, forgiving and affable. ...
Is there no one who does not cheer new DC editor-in-chief BOB HARRAS?
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Usually Eddington is the most affable of colleagues, friendly and very approachable.
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CARVILLE: Well, I think that the -- the House leadership -- I think the House leadership, I think that Cantor comes across as a kind of affable guy.
CNN Transcript May 8, 2009
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On-line customers will be able to fully interact with the affable Alex as if talking to another person.
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I was never very good at this sort of thing - this being pleasant, affable, agreeable.
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Attractive, easygoing, affable, with their own ritualized jargon, the argot of the well-born Atlanta male among his peers.
DOWNTOWN
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You come across as effortlessly affable and friendly at all times.
The Sun
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Ask anyone in the press about Henry and they'll tell you how affable, friendly, approachable and humble Henry is.
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Behind the affable exterior and easy smile is an iron will and sense of purpose.
The Sun
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His affable and effervescent nature made him an outstanding teacher with a style that was simultaneously demanding and kind.
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He has the same hardness, the same grit beneath an affable and empathetic nature.
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Also, in those days, there were "chairmen" -- affable gentlemen, who would drink anything at anybody's expense, and drink any quantity of it, and never seem to get any fuller.
John Ingerfield and Other Stories
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People are talking differently about the man that they thought of as an affable neighbour, pleasant cabbie, reliable friend and dutiful father.
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In person he was affable and charming.
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He is not a great intellectual but he is a practical and affable man who gets on with things and will get the job done.
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As a man he is high-spirited and energetic, always ready to fight for his Sultan, his country and, especially, his Faith: courteous and affable, rarely failing in temperance of mind and self-respect, self-control and self-command: hospitable to the stranger, attached to his fellow citizens, submissive to superiors and kindly to inferiors — if such classes exist: Eastern despotisms have arrived nearer the idea of equality and fraternity than any republic yet invented.
The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
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He has remained the affable rustic who enjoyed the company of old friends.
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Affable by nature, Wallace moves from the stage to the bar and back again, using words of thanks and admiration to chat up everyone within his orbit.
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His comfortable upbringing and magic carpet ride to the top have left him with a charming, affable manner.
The Sun
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You come across as effortlessly affable and friendly at all times.
The Sun
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If Sandra for the major part is congenial, affable, it is her sparring partner, Regina King, who plays a perfect foil.
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These ideas are alluded to in this affable portrait by the angelic baby grasping a toy rattle while being tenderly held by its mother.
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But, as of old, his smooth face fairly shone with affable ease.
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He's affable but obnoxious, well-intentioned but downright dorky.
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Right from the start, the movie counterpoints the capable, stoic Stride with the rather helpless John Greer, who while, affable, just talks and talks and talks, instead of getting things done.
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With Mr. Thompson's exit, PayPal loses what former colleagues describe as an affable and skilled negotiator just as the new initiative was nearing the finish line.
PayPal Left to Fend for Itself
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He also has a serious side and a volatile side, but it is his affable, effusive nature that strikes you above all.
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Albert Campion, too, was tall and fair, but he was overthin and the careful veil of affable vacuity which had begun, like his large spectacles, as a protection and had become a second skin, had robbed him of good looks, whereas Morty’s thick light-brown hair had a wave in it and there was nothing bleak or colorless about his gray eyes.
Cargo of Eagles
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He has the same hardness, the same grit beneath an affable and empathetic nature.
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The bulldog, although bred originally for close encounters in blood sports, was a cuddlesome, affable creature beneath the ferocity and gore.
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As it is, you couldn't wish to meet a more pleasant and affable young man.
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In person he was affable and charming.
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Yet people who have met Gray tell me he is perfectly affable and pleasant, if a bit miserable.
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My buddy does a lot of business over there and some of the factories asked him to visit," recalls the affable Arkansan.
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According to folks who followed Huckabee's career in Arkansas, that 'affable' face he's showing to the press these days can disappear pretty fast.
Top South Carolina Story: Huckabee's Wife Tours The State
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He was a steady golfer; affable but with a fierce competitive streak.
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He was clearly reserved and rarely affable: he had little of Henry VIII's false heartiness nor of Elizabeth I's adroit condescensions.
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He is too affable, too open, too ready to volunteer a view on issues that worry or interest him.
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It was easy to imagine a scene in that affable pub on any night, the slagging, the fun.
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Now, that man who is affable in public and who is irritable in private is making a fraudulent overissue of stock, and he is as bad as a bank that might have four or five hundred thousand dollars of bills in circulation with no specie in the vault.
The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony
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The gameplay trailer, narrated by affable game director Nick Baynes, explains and illustrates the "powerplay" concept that drives the explosions.
Eurogamer
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We call this place the 'United Nations' for weddings," said Ben Sarfarazi, Martin's affable major-domo, who himself hails from Iran.
As diversity grows, Md. catering hall becomes a 'United Nations for weddings'
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He just kept serving up affable platitudes.
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She married an affable, middle-aged businessman.
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He struck me as an affable sort of a man.
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He is quite affable about his control freakery.
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As our trio discussed how softly fruity and expansive the bottle of Australian Earthworks Shiraz was, the entrées arrived by way of the affable but scattered server.
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As a player, he was known as much for his toughness and will as he was for his affable personality.
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At breakfast the general was ‘merry and affable’ but the sitting was soon interrupted by the arrival of urgent dispatches.
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However, because he's played by the typically affable Rogen, the cuddly-physiqued stoner star of "Knocked Up," he's also -- initially, at least -- presented as somewhat lovable, even with an institutional Curly Howard crewcut that gives him the appearance of a menacing baby and a brow as knitted with confusion as Lon Chaney Jr. 's in the throes of lycanthropy.
California Chronicle
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Both have an affable, clubbable, somewhat buffoonish image.
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I admit that even among amateurs this is rather small talk, but it brings me to this point: in the passage of water down a ravine of its own making, this line of Nature astir may repeat itself again and again but is commonly too inaffable, abrupt, angular, to suggest the ogee.
The Amateur Garden
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The familiar venue filled up not with the usual bunch of affable stoners, but with a new breed of aggressively beered-up boot-boys.
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Well, Tonti," answered Signor Viti, in a protecting manner, and with an affable smile, "as this is not an affair that is likely to go to the higher courts at Florence, your explanations may be taken as sufficient, and I have no wish to disturb them -- a lugger is a lugger.
The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet
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A benign endurance, a sort of affable inattention, settles like snow upon the landscape.
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His comfortable upbringing and magic carpet ride to the top have left him with a charming, affable manner.
The Sun
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His affable and effervescent nature made him an outstanding teacher with a style that was simultaneously demanding and kind.
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Some even remember him as being affable, urbane, ambitious - and confident with women.
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And there I stuck till "stables" sounded, watching the affable sergeant outgeneral his opponents, and noting with some amusement the sulky look that grew more intensified on the heavy face of Hicks (as they called the man who had favored me with that peculiar stare) when Goodell finessed him out of two or three generous-sized pots.
Raw Gold A Novel
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He seems like a very affable, approachable fellow who thoroughly enjoys making movies.
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He seemed affable and easy, almost uncaring about his game when the opposite was the case.
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Grant plays the affable front man for his family, who build condos and shopping plazas for a ridiculous profit.
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Two young men in their late teens mugged for the camera, adopting the pose of a couple of affable tough guys.
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Introduced as'the most affable man in broadcasting '.
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His skill during 2000 was to make self-deprecating zingers, joke around with reporters, and in general seem like this affable frat boy.
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Next morning the astronomer came again to see Mr. Greatrackes, who had "a kind of majestical yet affable presence, and a composed carriage.
Great Astronomers
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In profiles, Mr. Athey was called affable and well-liked among legislators.
Tyras 'Bunk' Athey, former Md. secretary of state, dies
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His affable grin becomes a steely glare.
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When Karen's daughter Julia was 18 months old she was an affable toddler, who chattered away and was already potty-trained.
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I wasn't intimidated at all, I think because he's so warm and affable and such a generous actor.
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He would be handsome, intelligent and debonair, but affable and always approachable, and on top of that he would always be wise, loving and kind.
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Grant's affable rogue has sufficient spirit to lift the farce.
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Finding an affable, unapologetic citizen who believed this stuff was unnerving.
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The affable MacFadzean flinches from pretension, but says his work is getting more pointed and political, a process he noticed while writing this piece.
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The man who, in 1920, MacCarthy, under the nom de guerre ‘Affable Hawk’, succeeded as causerie columnist and literary editor of the New Statesman, was John Squire.
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Behind the affable exterior and easy smile is an iron will and sense of purpose.
The Sun
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Little bars down sidestreets are dripping with character, but remember no matter how quaffable the lovely red wine is, getting bevvied up is not a very Italian thing to do.
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However, because he's played by the typically affable Rogen, the cuddly-physiqued stoner star of "Knocked Up," he's also - initially, at least - presented as somewhat lovable, even with an institutional Curly Howard crewcut that gives him the appearance of a menacing baby and a brow as knitted with confusion as Lon Chaney Jr. 's in the throes of lycanthropy.
California Chronicle
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Pleasant and affable in his dealings with people, he commanded great regard throughout the community.
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He was, and is, a distinctly affable chap, whereas I came across as cold, prickly and generally difficult.
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Underneath this athletic, seemingly outgoing and affable middle-aged man is a terrified soul ruled by a need for validation from others.
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In any case, in the past his scruffed-up skronk did a lot to reconcile the band's affable garage-pop jangle with lyrics about, say, killing cops.
Chicago Reader
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He was a steady golfer; affable but with a fierce competitive streak.
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The key thing he revealed is how brilliant a political performer he is: affable, unflappable and unpindownable.
David Cameron breaks silence on green matters
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Now she is toast, and affable Iain Martin - a boulevardier in his master's mould - has been appointed editor at the tender age of 30.
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Granny smiled an affable smile.
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His affable grin becomes a steely glare.
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Be affable and courteous is youth, that you may be honored in age.
A Manual of Etiquette with Hints on Politeness and Good Breeding
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His comfortable upbringing and magic carpet ride to the top have left him with a charming, affable manner.
The Sun
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Lopate has spent nearly six decades living in that vortex and grappling with its contradictions by cultivating an essayistic style that's lyrical and historical, elegiac and pragmatic, steely and serene, affable and brash.
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Though affable, this man takes no prisoners as he explains the intricacies of the machine.
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Introduced as'the most affable man in broadcasting '.
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Bearded, affable, self-deprecating and appalled by the destructive footprint that buildings, roads and parking lots can leave on the earth, Mr. Wells was dedicated to what he called gentle architecture, something that would, as he put it, "leave the land no worse than you found it.
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He also has a serious side and a volatile side, but it is his affable, effusive nature that strikes you above all.
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He was regarded as a tough negotiator but affable and charming in personal relations.
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Charlie is extremely nice and very much in the mould of Mr Chatterton, my old history teacher, in terms of his generally affable, laid-back, chatty nature.
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It would be a shame if he lost his affable, easy-going nature.
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Behind his affable, bluff demeanour and disingenuous screen image, one senses he is the master of all he surveys, not quite the lone reporter, rather a general marshalling an army of researchers.
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He is a gentleman, affable, well dressed in Chinese brocade, and less unresponsive than are most Chinese; it was indeed a pleasure to be "conducted" by him.
Travels in the Far East
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His manners are graceful and winning in the extreme - quiet, affable and dignified, yet cordial and dégagés.
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He being a very faire and affable yong man, easie to kindle affection in a very modest eie: it fortuned, that a Courtezane, one of our before remembred shavers, who termed hir selfe Madame Biancafiore, having heard somewhat concerning his affairs, beganne to dart amorous glances at him.
The Decameron
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He is an affable man who could enhance Ireland's habit of producing major winners.
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Many years ago a very affable councillor approached me to script an election leaflet for him.
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Your popularity is certain to increase if you are affable and ready to exchange courtesies.
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She put forth her hand to caress the intelligent and affable bird, which, instead of responding as expected, "squawked," as our phonetic language has it, and, opening a beak imitated from a tooth-drawing instrument of the good old days, made a shrewd nip at Kitty's forefinger.
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Next was an affable chap who has been on prescribed diamorphine (heroin) for more than a quarter of a century, while running a successful business and leading an upright suburban life.
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Behind the affable exterior and easy smile is an iron will and sense of purpose.
The Sun
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He is an affable man who could enhance Ireland's habit of producing major winners.
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Ever the catholic, affable Catholic, Dulles goes on emphasis added:
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In person he was affable and charming.
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He also has a serious side and a volatile side, but it is his affable, effusive nature that strikes you above all.
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At times you are extroverted, affable, sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary and reserved.
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`He was an affable chap, though unforthcoming on personal matters.
THE GOSPEL MAKERS
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His affable and effervescent nature made him an outstanding teacher with a style that was simultaneously demanding and kind.
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He was a charming, affable man who, it was said, defeated his enemies without making any.
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It was easy to imagine a scene in that affable pub on any night, the slagging, the fun.
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My home state has plenty of affable oddballs, that's for sure.
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Though affable, this man takes no prisoners as he explains the intricacies of the machine.
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The jokes in Daniel Goldfarb's affable comedy about an unlikely friendship between observant and unobservant Jews are as New York - specific as the cityscape set.
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He seemed affable and easy, almost uncaring about his game when the opposite was the case.
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He was a good listener, affable and funny.
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Most obliging and affable we wish him a good finish to the handballing year.
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The affable John Southworth registers his discontent mildly yet emphatically, his soft British accent shading the offending phrase with the damning taint of dismissiveness.
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He is at once hugely affable and yet faintly sulky, the dogged, world-weary NCO in some ancient sitcom, say, wearily humouring the la-di-da adjutant in the knowledge that everything will soon go badly wrong.
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He has the same hardness, the same grit beneath an affable and empathetic nature.
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Yet behind Mr Rajoy's affable exterior is a clear-headed strategist and a proven survivor.
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A group of suburban husbands live out their fantasies of frontier life in this affable, blokey comedy.
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The 10-mile float downriver started tranquilly enough; the two Quebecois guys in front of me were over-aggressively paddling, and our guide, an affable New Zealander named Andy, instructed them not to behave "like 18-year-olds in the bedroom.
High-Flying Adventure
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I know the Irish were traditionally keen on the idea of themselves as affable, sociable sorts.
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Even Satan smiled, even the Jewish elders were lightly affable as they made pretendedly fierce gestures at the squat patient hay-bales.
Our Mr. Wrenn
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It would be a shame if he lost his affable, easy-going nature.
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Charlie is extremely nice and very much in the mould of Mr Chatterton, my old history teacher, in terms of his generally affable, laid-back, chatty nature.
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Though affable, this man takes no prisoners as he explains the intricacies of the machine.
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Energetic and affable, Deacon helped steer Georgetown's ascent from a provincial to national university, building a cross-country network of alumni and recruitment to mirror those of the Ivy League schools.
For Georgetown dean, Common Application is part of a larger admissions problem
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An engaging and thoroughly affable performer, Clarke is an object lesson to all those poets who feel poetry readings should be serious affairs, with every word enunciated in droning, affected tones.
John Cooper Clarke
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His chuckle was as affable and reassuring as the skirr of a buzz-saw.
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But during the last two years of the Bush administration, Bolton's successor, Afghan-born Zalmay Khalilzad, became known as a gregarious and affable diplomat who improved relations somewhat.
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Here we have a lesson in pinot noir, that silky smooth red that is unbeatably quaffable.
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Though affable, this man takes no prisoners as he explains the intricacies of the machine.
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It would be a shame if he lost his affable, easy-going nature.
Times, Sunday Times
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The bulldog, although bred originally for close encounters in blood sports, was a cuddlesome, affable creature beneath the ferocity and gore.
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The affable star is big on eye contact, and smiles easily and often.
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Starting next season, the affable maestro will be the musical director of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.
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THE chief is a tall well made man, very affable and cheerful, about sixty years of age, his eyes lively and full of fire, his countenance manly and placid, yet ferocious, or what we call savage; his nose aquiline, his dress extremely simple, but his head trimmed and ornamented in the true Creek mode.
Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Producti
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He seemed affable and easy, almost uncaring about his game when the opposite was the case.
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People are talking differently about the man that they thought of as an affable neighbour, pleasant cabbie, reliable friend and dutiful father.
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So the affable coach donned an apron and joined the kitchen staff in a playful assist.
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You hire someone who is kind of affable and, you know, and trustworthy.
CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2009
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He loved dogs and was completely enchanted by Lacy's affable personality.
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Attractive, easygoing, affable, with their own ritualized jargon, the argot of the well-born Atlanta male among his peers.
DOWNTOWN
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Out of it, Alex should retain his very affable and amiable nature.
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You come across as effortlessly affable and friendly at all times.
The Sun
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Introduced as'the most affable man in broadcasting '.
Times, Sunday Times
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He is an affable man, easy to talk to, to sit down with, to rap about policy or just chat shop.
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This expression (etre siffle) bears the stamp of the deceitfully affable vulgarity in which he frequently took pleasure in indulging.
Ten Years' Exile
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He seemed solitary; his manner was very unpretending - too simple to be termed affable; rather timid than proud: he did not condescend to their society - he seemed glad of it.
Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
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Mr Brooke is an extremely affable and approachable man.
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Here you are to observe, concerning Count Gualtier himselfe, that he was a most compleate person, aged litle above forty yeeres, as affable and singularly conditioned, as any Nobleman possibly could be, nor did those times affoord a Gentleman, that equalled him in all respects.
The Decameron
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That setup may sound dark for the man who prior to "Breaking Bad" was best known as the affable dad Hal on Fox's long-running sitcom "Malcolm in the Middle.
From Sitcom Dad to Scarface
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I have met him several times and find him an affable and friendly person, and a joy to talk politics with.
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Pauline was a pleasant, affable and popular lady who was greatly liked throughout the community.
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He is as affable and loquacious as any good politician, but also displays a genuine interest in others and what they have to say.
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He had the nickname "Czar Cannon," quite a bit different, Wolf, from Hastert, who is known as the affable coach.
CNN Transcript Jun 1, 2006
