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