endearing

Example Sentences

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Sam Sacks reviews the Nobel laureate’s “wily and endearing” final novel, in which a scholar investigating the life of a little-known guitarist suddenly becomes famous.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I never thought about being an actress. I only thought about sewing,” she says with an endearing smile.

From Los Angeles Times

The whole film is endearing, but I found those moments of levity so well- timed and so thoughtful and funny.

From Los Angeles Times

It makes for a wily and endearing tale, and in Adrian Nathan West’s excellent translation, the writing is remarkably untroubled by the stylistic sclerosis that can afflict writers with Vargas Llosa’s prestige.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Coppola doesn’t come off as much of a prize, either, but he’s somehow endearing in his shaggy-dog enthusiasm, never throwing away an idea before becoming diverted by the next.

From The Wall Street Journal