Sentences with familiar
fa·mil·iar
F f - He talked of other cultures as if they were more familiar to him than his own. [+ to]
- Lesinko is quite familiar with Central Television. He worked there for 25 years.
- Today it exists in the corner of the Melburnian eye, a familiar and therefore comforting anachronism on the boundary of the skyline.
- Holden 4WD enters familiar territory.
- The driver of that taxi-cab seemed to me familiar to the point of impertinence.
- A familiar figure
- It's a familiar story that happens around the world — artists are among the first to colonise the run-down interstices of the city.
- SYNONYMY NOTE: familiar is applied to that which is known through constant association, and, with reference to persons, suggests informality, or even presumption, such as might prevail among members of a family; , close1 is applied to persons or things very near to one in affection, attraction, interests, etc.; , intimate implies very close association, acquaintance, relationship, etc. or suggests something of a very personal or private nature; , confidential implies a relationship in which there is mutual trust and a sharing of private thoughts, problems, etc.
- A familiar excuse
- To be on familiar terms
- familiar with the Bible
- A familiar sight
- A familiar sight.
- To be familiar with a subject.
- To write in a familiar style.
- A familiar friend; to be on familiar terms.
- The duchess disliked familiar servants.