How to Use endearing in a Sentence

endearing

adjective
  • Not the endearing words of a wife to her adoring spouse, to be sure.
    Fred Schruers, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
  • More like a guy who would make a bad pun about eggs to be endearing.
    Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The show has such a great sense of humor and that’s very endearing.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 June 2019
  • But the corgis were one of the things about it that people found endearing.
    Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
  • On the other hand, there were fans who found the throwback to be endearing.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Each waves its own flag in an endearing show of support.
    Alana Levene, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2018
  • The neighborhood’s home to an endearing quilt of folks.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 14 Aug. 2023
  • But In season two, a lot of the show is endearing, too.
    Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2019
  • And in those same five years, Cap has become the more endearing hero.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 9 May 2018
  • Both kids and adults will enjoy this endearing present.
    Mark Stock, Men's Health, 10 Oct. 2022
  • An endearing theme awaits as the old gang gets back together.
    Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 14 Mar. 2020
  • The best brands find a way to accentuate the most endearing human traits.
    Pankaj Srivastava, Forbes, 17 June 2021
  • The crowned parrots kissing the pearl is so endearing and symbolic to me.
    Leena Kim, Town & Country, 19 June 2017
  • How about that bookish heroines are the most endearing?
    Angela Haupt, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2019
  • Lindstrom called him a clown in the most endearing way possible.
    BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Curiosity is one of the most endearing traits of man’s best friend.
    Outside Online, 23 May 2022
  • There’s something endearing, even adorable, in the faith shown in the power of a sports arena‘s name.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The casting is good, so that the friends become both endearing and a bit more than the stereotypes they are written as.
    Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
  • This is all so dumb and disrespectful and not at all endearing!
    Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Playful, bold, endearing are the three words that describe my brand.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The term might have once been endearing, making workers feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But these days, eyes are on Odom for reasons more endearing.
    Jennifer Ford, Essence, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Yet there’s also something endearing about its willingness to try stuff just for the heck of it.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2023
  • Among the many great shows about teenagers, this one is especially endearing.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Pulliam let the world know just how much her man is loved with an endearing Instagram post.
    Jasmine Grant, Essence, 8 July 2020
  • In this scene, James comes across as merely clumsy, and not in an endearing way.
    Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 8 Nov. 2020
  • Of course, Harry’s socks were too short, but that was endearing.
    Marshall Heyman, Town & Country, 25 May 2021
  • It’s goofy and surprising, monstrous and endearing — in a way, like all of us.
    BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2021
  • From a young age, Marsha had an endearing passion for pets.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2018
  • In the most endearing way possible: What’s up, a-holes?
    James Grebey, Vulture, 5 May 2023

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