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Sentence count:209+29Posted:2016-07-16Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: closefriendlyintimateknowledgeablepersonalpopularwell-knownAntonym: strangeSimilar words: be familiar withfamilycivilianmilitaryliabilitymilitarismreliabilityconciliatoryMeaning: [fə'mɪlɪə(r)]  n. 1. a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support 2. a person who is frequently in the company of another 3. a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard. adj. 1. well known or easily recognized 2. within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange 3. (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly 4. having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship. 
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151. Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
152. He did not know them personally, but he was familiar with their reputation.
153. The driver of that taxi-cab seemed to me familiar to the point of impertinence.
154. She looks familiar but I can't place her - did she use to work here?
155. The Empire State Building is a familiar landmark on the New York skyline.
156. Erika picked up the phone and through a barrage of crackles heard a familiar voice.
157. Actor Patrick Bergin returns to more familiar territory to play a menacing killer.
158. I was too tired and frightened to find comfort in that familiar promise.
159. It was a relief to be back in familiar surroundings .
160. Mussolini was known by the more familiar appellation 'Il Duce'.
161. He does not seem to be familiar with research which might have strengthened his own arguments.
162. The signs of drug addiction are familiar to most doctors.
163. She heard the priest's familiar, flat footfall on the staircase.
164. By now, Usha and I were on familiar terms .
165. Her name is familiar, but I can't quite call to mind where I've heard it.
166. This kind of situation was all too familiar to John.
167. There was something familiar about him, his fawn raincoat, his thinness, the way he moved.
168. I was on more familiar ground now that we were talking about our own system.
169. Complaints about poor food in schools have become a familiar refrain.
170. These are, after all, very familiar species.
171. She offered the familiar argument that a strong domestic steel industry is needed for national defense.
172. There was considerable applause from his listeners as he advanced his familiar protectionist argument.
173. Unlike the familiar blood alcohol tests in motoring cases, urinalysis does not demonstrate that the employee is impaired by drugs.
174. It also fails to take into account the fact that a large number of men were familiar with court proceedings.
175. The affinities between music and poetry have been familiar since antiquity, though they are largely ignored in the current intellectual climate.
176. They were wrong. Not long after they arrived home,[http://sentencedict.com/familiar.html] Allison began to feel the familiar pains and called the doctor.
177. It starts out with a familiar idea and then builds on it, making neater analogies and finer distinctions.
178. All are familiar with their own experiences of being asleep, and feel they can give definite answers.
179. The familiar Maxwell reach for a libel writ brought about an immediate public apology.
180. I felt my body arching to meet his in a way that was familiar but new in its violence.
More similar words: be familiar withfamilycivilianmilitaryliabilitymilitarismreliabilityconciliatorydiarypatriarchyamidmildIslamicvitamindynamicexaminealliancemilkingmillionsimilarItaliansmile ondynamicsreliableexamininglaminatedsimilarlycompliancebrilliantsimilarity
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