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Sentences with familiar

fa·mil·iar
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  • 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.
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