How To Use Likable In A Sentence

Their movements have a likable jazzy syncopation, a bit of relaxed jive.
There's even more proof in the new duets album: While the pairings add to the jollity Lady Gaga is amazingly likable, and not at all trampy, on "The Lady Is a Tramp", the real attraction is Mr. Bennett himself. Ready for His Autumn Waltz
Amusing, instantly likable, and whip-smart, he's in possession of a life so unconventional and fantastical, it's more twisted than fiction.
Likewise, Stuart Townsend plays a nebulously likable best friend who flirts openly with Frank's wife, but has his back when things get rough.
While the recreations adequately portray the father of psychoanalysis they cannot make him likable.

Still, much to your chagrin, you find yourself occasionally tickled by the screwball antics of the likable cast of characters.
Lesser actors would have come off as comically ineffectual or abrasive and unlikable, but Howard nails the performance.
I've watched a few films over the last few days and enjoyed these two: "Sahara" - A good adventure film featuring the very likable Steve Zahn. Archive 2005-09-01
The more time and energy they spend on depicting Sen. Clinton or any other Democrat as "unlikable," all we have to do is remind them of the "likable" goof who's been sitting in the Oval Office for the last six years. What's Not to Like?
It's hard to make unlikable characters interesting, but Igby somehow has just the right tone of sly humor, just the right hint of cartoonish sincerity.
It has some solid performances, a few laughs and a likable cast of characters.
There's been a huge receptiveness to this event, which is what makes it that much more likable from our perspective.
The set-up may not be wildly original, but the characters are likable. Times, Sunday Times
Personal financial rewards are too often distributed in ways that are uneven, unfair and unlikable. Times, Sunday Times
Sarah is the most interesting element in this movie, but this is because she is a fundamentally unlikable character.
I began writing a chick lit and my Fearless Leader and groupies all women over 50 btwsaid my protag was "unlikable" if she was 35 and doing the things she was doing. Do you like Miss Snark?
The duo display a likable rapport and a healthy sense of irony, and their show is punctuated by flashes of invigorating idiocy.
Yet it is also a very likable, funny and interesting book. The Times Literary Supplement
They all come off as well-meaning but ultimately unlikable guys.
The likable performances still count for something, but the film's main asset now is its value as a relic. Times, Sunday Times
Yet it is also a very likable, funny and interesting book. The Times Literary Supplement
Mickolai's character, though ultimately likable, is at times annoyingly flawless in his morals, military acumen, and financial wizardry. REVIEW: The War with Earth by Leo Frankowski and Dave Grossman
It's really hard to make a character so devoid of morals so watchable and likable.
As they got older, Starkie says, he found Peter increasingly "dislikable" and "arrogant. The Devil and W.W.D.
I don't think masochism is quite the word I'd use for Twilight, but I think both Bella and Edward are dislikable characters; Bella's weak and Edward's just plain unfriendly. March Christian Science Fiction & Fantasy Blog Tour
It would help if there was one likable character. Times, Sunday Times
Asshole: literally , one's anus - - a dislikable person That dishonest politician is a real asshole.
All we are left with is two unlikable leads. Times, Sunday Times
Frankie and Johnny was deep-sixed by an unlikable heroine and a rather boring screenplay.
Everyone overacts in roles that are as unlikable as they are shallow.
The set-up may not be wildly original, but the characters are likable. Times, Sunday Times
Her desire to see the world and get out of the mundane makes her a likable character, despite her trance-like personality.
I don’t mind being peculiar – maybe I even cultivate it – but who wants to be described as dislikable? Khaos » 2009 » February
The characters are likable and believable, and the friendship between Grant and Paul comes across as authentic.
And I know it's a hard call, because most sit-com characters are unlikable, unredeeming, shallow and one-dimensional.
The stars' likable performances make this flimsy romcom a better bet than you might imagine. Times, Sunday Times
There's even more proof in the new duets album: While the pairings add to the jollity Lady Gaga is amazingly likable, and not at all trampy, on "The Lady Is a Tramp", the real attraction is Mr. Bennett himself. Ready for His Autumn Waltz
Report Abuse how the F can you call dirk unlikeable, much less "dislikable"? Yahoo! Sports - Top News
Izzy is angry at Kalmar for rejecting his sister, and Nutan and Snook are angry at Arisima, who does nothing to make herself likable except radiate raw sexuality at the men. REVIEW: Elom by William H. Drinkard
His smile could be called kindly and deferential, even likable, in the way we want old people to be wise and likable. The Glass Rainbow
It's a good story with very good characters, but not necessarily good as in likable. Archive 2010-07-01
Roberta is not a particularly likable character, although as the reader comes to comprehend her background, her attitudes can be rationalized, if not understood. ( Ccfinlay: "Passing Through"
Phoebe would be an unbelievable, unlikable character if we didn't all know someone like her: accomplished, confident, quirky.
From the bearishly natural Skarsgard, whose open, likable Jan becomes an increasingly ambiguous figure. God, Sex And Sacrifice
He's everything that Steve and Becky aren't – beardy, weirdy, inappropriate, awkward, unaware, socially inept … though not entirely unlikable; it's just that there are issues. TV review: Him & Her
She's as strong and likable a female character as Davy is a male hero, making this a perfect bookend to book one.
They all come off as well-meaning but ultimately unlikable guys.
Some of them engage the viewer with their characterisation, although not many people are very likable, despite the skill the actors bring to their parts.
Some of the Coen magic is here, but the unlikable characters and the general atmosphere of despair and frustration make it tough to really enjoy.
a disagreeable and unlikable old woman
Sure, he's likable, but he's a bore.
And I know it's a hard call, because most sit-com characters are unlikable, unredeeming, shallow and one-dimensional.
Its dialogue is gauche at times, but that is part of its credible portrayal of its characters, a likable pair. Times, Sunday Times
Instead, Ray Wilkins, previously a likable part-timer, has been given free rein to incant his belief in "staying on your feet", while Redknapp continues to fidget and ramble, occasionally sparkling with accidental insight like some tousled piano-playing man‑child genius. Sky generation is beginning to miss Richard Keys and Andy Gray | Barney Ronay
Paranoid and deeply unlikable curmudgeon that he was, O'Brian had used his shadowy false identity as a screen against the prying eyes of the world.
In consequence the movie is visually remarkable as it tries to keep up with the frenetic activities of secret agent Ethan Hunt Tom Cruise accepting an impossible mission for the fourth time and his new trio of likable operatives: beautiful, resourceful Paula Patton, pawky computer wizard Simon Pegg and constantly fretting analyst Jeremy Renner. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – review
The only likable character was Pacey, and he was wasted during the season.
She's as strong and likable a female character as Davy is a male hero, making this a perfect bookend to book one.
Here, for reasons not immediately clear, everything unlikable about him has come to the fore. Globe and Mail
an attractive and likable young man
Now the likable Seattle-born funster becomes a landlord.
Evan Davis, whose stint on the Today programme has turned him into one of Radio 4's most likable presenters, (less gigglesome, more serious, but still warm) began his three-part series, Evan Loves Tax with an analysis as to why modern politicians just can't talk the truth about tax. Rewind radio: Evan Loves Tax; Tony Livesey; Night Waves
It's likable, frequently funny and should become a series. Times, Sunday Times
Café Rabelais is a likable, yeomanly restaurant that stays true to its mission and keeps trying to improve.
OK, I know "unlikable" isn't the right word, because obviously many people DO like her. Cinematical
And indeed in 1791 William Gilpin noted that "the generality of people" found wilderness dislikable. Richard Bangs: Here Be Dragons: Mt. Pilatus in Switzerland, Part 2
Theseus, as has been mentioned, is just a less likable character to me, but his band of Athenians who travel to Crete with him in "The King Must Die" have stuc in my mind for decades. The Bull from the Sea, by Mary Renault. Book review
The film starts with a likable and seemingly talented young man, and ends with a pitiful cheater.
Fishlegs hangs on tight as a wart-hoggish Gronckle, a surprisingly likable grouch, flies through the air in How to Train Your Dragon. How to train yourself to spot a dragon
But these likable characters are too moderately sketched to have any compelling dimension.
Some of them engage the viewer with their characterisation, although not many people are very likable, despite the skill the actors bring to their parts.
Having represented plaintiffs who've lost good cases because likable defendants can smile while lying and defendants who've spent untold sums defending against frivolous lawsuits that can only be described as legalized extortion, the courthouse takes its toll. Tanya M. Acker: Don't Kill the Lawyers -- Yet
She is easily a very unlikable and unlovable character. Times, Sunday Times
‘Saint O'Neil’ an unlikable character snarls at one point.
Some of the Coen magic is here, but the unlikable characters and the general atmosphere of despair and frustration make it tough to really enjoy.
Father Peter is a likable character who seems to enjoy fishing and gambling more than sermonizing, though he has some pragmatic, down to earth advice for those who need it.
I would like to think I am a likable person, fun to be with but I am not other people so I don't know.
The stars' likable performances make this flimsy romcom a better bet than you might imagine. Times, Sunday Times
Men, on the other hand, were more evenly divided in their response, but failed to show the same preferential bias for acts of "informational warfare" against the unlikable classmate.
He portrays Ken as both likable and convincing without making the characterization cloying.
Murphy's character flip-flops between obnoxious clown and likable nebbish, failing to ever find an appropriate balance.
Allison Iraheta hit it out of the park, and for once the judges supported her (well, except for Simon who blamed her for seeming "unlikable"). Mjsbigblog
And I'll get all over that "unlikable" thing right after I've finished dealing with that personal hygiene problem you just told me I have. ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science
Current-day Zen writers often seem to cloud their writing with an overlay demonstrating their likableness or they entangle themselves in a scholarly snarl.
It's all a bunch of unlikable characters being cruel to each other.
He started to seem more self-assured and more likable. The Good Fight
For starters, it has an unlikable protagonist, a man who lies, steals, womanizes, drinks, daydreams and generally epitomizes uselessness.
There's something intensely likable about the guy's face, and that's important - an actor filled with sarcasm or snark would torpedo this film.
The characters were so unlikable to me that I just didn't care about how tragic their situation was.
He is a bit of a curmudgeon who changes his mind all the time, but he is still likable.
A Chinese protagonist who is actually likable, Moia Hsu comes complete with an ex-boyfriend who follows her, muttering, "" The capitalist pig was teaching her the habits of ruttish swine. '' Move Over, Suzie Wong
It would help if there was one likable character. Times, Sunday Times
His Toshi is a heroic character whose naivete and haunted past are shed in this exceedingly likable coming-of-age story.
In December we were introduced to Gru's minions, those annoying little yellow guys that are both likable and hateable depending on who you are, and now we get to see more of them. Another New International Teaser Trailer for Despicable Me « FirstShowing.net
Expectations were upended easily when her archest of enemies actually worked with the woman most people agree is funny, warm, diligent and immensely likable in person. Big Girls Don’t Cry
Holmes is entertaining (although his obtuseness is a bit overdone, I'll admit), Dr Watson is very likable and the supporting cast worked well. MetaFilter
I'm sure much of the draw is nostalgia, but I've even grown to like some of the later shorts, so I think there's something intrinsic to the whole thing that is just plain likable. Knuckleheads and wiseguys
Its dialogue is gauche at times, but that is part of its credible portrayal of its characters, a likable pair. Times, Sunday Times
He was confident but not cocky and very likable, in a puppy dog sort of way.
It's hard to make unlikable characters interesting, but Igby somehow has just the right tone of sly humor, just the right hint of cartoonish sincerity.
We once liked to be unlikable, now the missing e is restored and unlikable is unloveable. Times, Sunday Times
I’m about to really introduce my antagonist and the advice to make him likable is something I guess I knew, but hadn’t thought of in terms of my writing. Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Creating a really good bad guy
he's a likable cuss
Cornish again buries a likable protagonist and perfectly viable plot under a mountain of obscure words and pretentious prose in this overweight sequel. Lamplighter by D. M. Cornish: Book summary
I forgive them for that and their behaviour because In the end it comes down to the fact that everyone is insecure, and conveys their insecurity sometimes in unlikable and irritating ways when they are various situations. Lampreys, Megamouths and Cane Toads: Overmarketing
Murkowski said she can't endorse Miller, who she says has espoused ideas outside the mainstream, or Scott McAdams, the Democratic challenger and small-town mayor she calls likable but inexperienced. Lisa Murkowski: Republican Leaders Turned Their Backs On Me
This is only a small weakness, though, in what is a funny and likable film. Times, Sunday Times
The inherent hokiness of the story would make it seem either likable but forgettable, or worse, just plain annoying.
Hewson tends to overstuff, but likable Nic exudes series potential. A Season for the Dead by David Hewson: Book summary
One of the things that makes ordinary quilts so likable is the way that they typically frame a wealth of detail in smallish, repeating patterns.
Ruby, the silly but likable antiheroine of Hilary Freeman's perceptive and fast-paced Lifted (Piccadilly Press, £6.99), comes from a more recognisable contemporary teen world, where insecurity and boredom are the sources of most ills. Summer reading for teenagers: darkness, danger and charity shops
Otto the Soft (Preston Sadleir), whose name is spelled "otto," is a quiet, likable fellow who is understandably taken aback when OTTO announces without warning that otto "doesn't exist anymore. When Two Heads Are Lesser Than One
He's everything that Steve and Becky aren't – beardy, weirdy, inappropriate, awkward, unaware, socially inept … though not entirely unlikable; it's just that there are issues. TV review: Him & Her
I would like to think I am a likable person, fun to be with but I am not other people so I don't know.
Meanwhile, as likable George acclimates to his new digs, he finds himself in the worst place imaginable as the full moon rises. Roush Review: Being Human and More Weekend TV
Her desire to see the world and get out of the mundane makes her a likable character, despite her trance-like personality.
He is also surrounded by a high-quality cast including Michelle Dockery as an angst-ridden Ophelia, Hugh Ross as a fusspot Polonius and Colin Tierney as a likable Horatio. Hamlet
The likable performances still count for something, but the film's main asset now is its value as a relic. Times, Sunday Times
It is nearly axiomatic that voters in an election typically prefer the more likable candidate.
He's a deceitful, cowardly, treacherous and thoroughly unlikable man.
But Casino has no likable characters; they're all idiots with an inflated sense of esteem who float by on clouds of efficiency, cooze, and violence. Wisdom = 8
Likewise, Stuart Townsend plays a nebulously likable best friend who flirts openly with Frank's wife, but has his back when things get rough.
It's hard to imagine Giuliani not leading the "unlikable" category! TPM Track Composite: Obama's Big Lead Holding Steady
Its dialogue is gauche at times, but that is part of its credible portrayal of its characters, a likable pair. Times, Sunday Times
The Party Down alum is supposed to be unlikable — initially, at least — as Julia, a lawyer who becomes a love interest for Nick (Jake Johnson), despite her dislike for the famously adorkable Jess (Zooey Deschanel). Cheers & Jeers: New Girl's New Girlfriend
It surprises me that anyone would think that I am so dense that I had yet to realize that my blogging was not making me "likable" with certain people within the establishment of what I call denominational group-think. Pensees
To look at this step from another angle -- _if you would be likable, you must find other men likable_. Certain Success
Sarah is the most interesting element in this movie, but this is because she is a fundamentally unlikable character.
They also often act more selfishly and unheroically than the more likable characters.
Mr. Rogen, who's often cast as a likable schlump, gives an edgy, brave performance, making not even the faintest plea for audience understanding or sympathy. In 'Observe,' Rogen Is Memorably Superbad
The characters are likable and believable, and the friendship between Grant and Paul comes across as authentic.
In recent memory, in the lifetime of our previous dog, an unlikable Sealyham, we had nearly come to blows.
Likable, intelligent, usually tired, he dogtrots through a delicate and strategic job.
In fact, I bet in high school I would have dismissed it as I did so many books I was forced to read as being boring and having 'unlikable' characters. Some Short Thoughts on a Spare Novel
A likable boofhead who smoked, drank (sometimes to excess) and played sport.
Sooner or later it will become evident to most voters that being likable is not the same as being a good leader. King: Blue Dogs on constituents' short leash over health care
All are threatened with destruction by the malevolent but likable Coyote.
Likable or not, brief appearances or ongoing, they are all of them well-shaped and interesting. REVIEW: Duma Key by Stephen King
Carole Malone got evicted from Celebrity Big Brother because she's less famous than a verruca we had when we were six, Jackiey Budden got evicted from Celebrity Big Brother because she's about as likable as that verruca was when it started spraying frothy green pus into our eyes, and Jade Goody got evicted from Celebrity Big Brother because she's more racist than all of the Ku Klux Klan put together. Big Brother Betting Odds: Sylvia Out Tonight?
Report Abuse how the F can you call dirk unlikeable, much less "dislikable"? Yahoo! Sports - Top News
He's a deceitful, cowardly, treacherous and thoroughly unlikable man.
Sorry, folks, but loathing is not a strategy - especially when much of the country finds the object of your loathing a likable guy.
But my gut reaction was that, despite his reputation for being hot tempered, he was a friendly, likable child.
The characters were so unlikable to me that I just didn't care about how tragic their situation was.
And some of the ways they get to flex that saving-grace rapier wit are ultimately deeply unlikable because they’re often just plain bitchy about it, and mean humour wears so frightfully thin, thin as our svelte raven-haired cerulean-eyed heroine. Me and Chick-Lit « Tales from the Reading Room
But Frank Bascombe, for all his hapless domestic incompetence and elaborate self-pity, was interesting and kind of likable.
A blithering idiot is never considerably likable, nor a worthy companion to anyone knowledgeable.
As the latest in the long line of animated Disney orphans, she comes equipped with a pair of unsymmetrical eyes and a grating, high-pitched squeal of a voice that pegs her as about the farthest thing possible from likable.
It's likable, frequently funny and should become a series. Times, Sunday Times
CBS got two playoff holes Sunday — any overtime action helps TV sports ratings — and a sturdy storyline in likable Kenny Perry, 48, aiming to become the oldest Masters winner. Even without Tiger, CBS gets Masterful showing at Augusta
Did they put a face on their activism, so people could see that the person behind the keyboard was a normal, likable, and downright sensible person?
It's all a bunch of unlikable characters being cruel to each other.
Phoebe would be an unbelievable, unlikable character if we didn't all know someone like her: accomplished, confident, quirky.
Nobody is likely to find too much to fault with the likable characters and high production values (although the battle scenes are quite dire window dressing at times), but the haphazard story development would be more forgivable if the title opted to make things (even) less serious. AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
The incident may have helped humanize a candidate whom many voters have called unlikable," the Journal says. When All Bets Are Off
Unlike Tomb Raider, Atlantis has a lead character, a likable goof named Milo who works in the basement of a museum around 1900.
The result, "L," strains to remain both likable (read: appealing to music fans) and suitably contemporary, careering between definite statements of tangled and very earnest-sounding chords, snatches of singing melody and headlong flinging of notes up and down the staff, without ever abandoning its adherence to tonality. Music review: Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and pianist Kathryn Stott at the Kennedy Center
This is only a small weakness, though, in what is a funny and likable film. Times, Sunday Times
He is regarded as a solid thinker, someone of a likable disposition, and a good constitutionalist.

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