How To Use Companionableness In A Sentence
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She herself meant eventually to marry, because one couldn't forever hang on to rich people; but she was going to wait till she found some one who combined the maximum of wealth with at least a minimum of companionableness.
The Glimpses of the Moon
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There is something intensely companionable about playing with three others in a confined space; a companionableness which extends to giving opponents a fair sight of the ball without intervention of a referee.
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He has a friend, the negro Jim, with the strength of a man, the companionableness of a boy, and the fidelity of a dog.
Chapter 7. Mark Twain
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Thoreau was wedded to Nature not so much for her beauty as for delight in her high companionableness.
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William Howitt was always ready to lend an attentive and unbiassed ear to the newest theory, or even the newest fad, while Mary possessed in the fullest degree the gift of companionableness, and her inexhaustible sympathy drew from others an instant confidence.
Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century
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Peter's sweet-tempered companionableness had been oddly obscured this evening.
The Lee Shore
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There remained the Margerisons; Peter, with his friendly smile and gentle companionableness; Hilary, worried and weary and hardly noticing her unobtrusive presence; Silvio, Caterina, and Illuminato sucking gingerbread and tumbling off the rack, and Peggy, on whose broad shoulder Rhoda suddenly laid her head and wept, all through the Mont
The Lee Shore
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For what is lost personally now and then, far more of greater mutual value is obtained; and it is largely by a habit of companionableness that the happiness of the home can be made so satisfying that there can arise no question of its permanence.
The Etiquette of To-day
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Jason is a perfect friend who binds me to himself with the beauty of his heart, companionableness, his sense of humor and friendship in a foreign country where I do not know the culture and people at all.
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On leaving Oxford in 1893 he was for some years a clerk in the House of Commons, where his quick interest and companionableness made him widely popular and where a pleasant life seemed before him.
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There was another and quieter side in which he showed his rare companionableness and endeared himself to many people.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896
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The conversation was evidently serious; his head was bent, and Isabels lifted left hand rested against her cheek; but all the significances of their thoughtful attitude denoted companionableness and a shared understanding.
Chapter 20
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The conversation was evidently serious; his head was bent, and Isabel's lifted left hand rested against her cheek; but all the significances of their thoughtful attitude denoted companionableness and a shared understanding.
The Magnificent Ambersons; illustrated by Arthur William Brown
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While the plants originated in the tropics, their companionableness seems to have been a North American discovery.
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Their freedom, their energy, their companionableness, was so different from women of the East.
The Education of American Girls
