familiar

[fəˈmɪliər]

Definition:
1. Well known or easily recognized.
2. Knowing something very well.
3. A person who is frequently in the company of another.

Use 'familiar' in a sentence:

• 1. They are already familiar faces on our TV screens.
• 2. He's on familiar terms with all the teachers.
• 3. Are you familiar with this type of machine?
• 4. He's a familiar figure in the neighbourhood.
• 5. He does not seem to be familiar with research which might have strengthened his own arguments.
• 6. After a few drinks her boss started getting too familiar for her liking.
• 7. Something about the man was familiar, although Hillsden could not immediately place him.
• 8. The room looked distinctly familiar.
• 9. The sound was so familiar that she didn't register it.
• 10. He did not know them personally, but he was familiar with their reputation.
• 11. My eyes range over the crowded room, seeking a familiar face.
• 12. The critic found the play "a feeble rehash of familiar Miller themes."
• 13. He felt a longing for the familiar.
• 14. Think about this familiar scene.
• 15. I'm not familiar with her poetry.
• 16. Are you familiar with the computer software they use?
• 17. Familiar object, I call it.
• 18. The kitchen smelled warm and inviting and blessedly familiar.
• 19. The kitchen was warm and blessedly familiar.
• 20. I am not familiar with his character.
• 21. Something about her voice was vaguely familiar.
• 22. Everyone is familiar with the TV screen's hypnotic power.
• 23. The smell is very familiar to everyone who lives near a bakery.
• 24. She looks disconcertingly like a familiar aunt or grandmother.
• 25. His fans would already be familiar with Caroline.
• 26. Our aim is to allow student teachers to become familiar with the classroom.
• 27. The voice on the line was vaguely familiar, but Crook couldn't place it at first.
• 28. Lesinko is quite familiar with Central Television. He worked there for 25 years.
• 29. Violent attacks are becoming all too familiar (= sadly familiar) .
• 30. an area with which I had been familiar since childhood.
• 31. Most employees had long service with the company and were familiar with our products.
• 32. She looked around for a familiar face.
• 33. More familiar landscapes have been sculpted by surface erosion.
• 34. There was something vaguely familiar about her face.
• 35. He was humming a familiar tune.
• 36. He became familiar with the dark underbelly of life in the city.
• 37. He talked of other cultures as if they were more familiar to him than his own.
• 38. That song sure as hell sounds familiar.
• 39. The story had a familiar ring to it.
• 40. The novel is written in an easy familiar style.
• 41. His name seems familiar to me.
• 42. The man seemed familiar, but I could not quite place him.
• 43. We are very familiar with each other.
• 44. The voice sounds familiar.
• 45. You seem to be on very familiar terms with your tutor.
• 46. His greeting was familiar and friendly.
• 47. In the cosy consulting room the children are surrounded by familiar objects.
• 48. Rose heard the familiar voice, but tuned out the words.
• 49. Our journey had taken on a new aspect. The countryside was no longer familiar.
• 50. Readers familiar with English history will find a vague parallel to the suppression of the monasteries.
• 51. He was back on familiar ground, dealing with the customers.
• 52. It all sounded depressingly familiar to Janet.
• 53. Readers familiar with military conflict will find a vague parallel to the Vietnam War.
• 54. The town was weirdly familiar.
• 55. The Empire State Building is a familiar landmark on the New York skyline.
• 56. Many prefer a familiar authority figure to a young upstart.
• 57. It is a familiar, and quintessentially Japanese ritual.
• 58. Complaints about poor food in schools have become a familiar refrain.
• 59. It was reassuring to hear John's familiar voice.
• 60. Most people are familiar with this figure from Wagner's opera.
• 61. Your face seems familiar . I've probably met you here in the old days.
• 62. I was too tired and frightened to find comfort in that familiar promise.
• 63. She heard the priest's familiar, flat footfall on the staircase.