Sample Sentences for
gregarious
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  • But he knew, further, that the comfort of the fire would be his, the protection of the gods, the companionship of the dogs—the last, a companionship of enmity, but none the less a companionship and satisfying to his gregarious needs.  (source)
    gregarious = inclined to seek the company of others
  • The American has dwindled into an Odd Fellow—one who may be known by the development of his organ of gregariousness, and a manifest lack of intellect and cheerful self-reliance;  (source)
    gregariousness = inclination to seek and enjoy the company of others
  • He was intensely private but could be convivial and gregarious in the extreme.†  (source)
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  • I tried to be myself; I've always considered myself gregarious but not oppressive.†  (source)
  • Here he was, slapping him five, grabbing his shoulder, and talking too loud in a performance of gregariousness.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
  • The hypergregarious Ira Volker passes by from a neighboring table, doing a random survey of who's drinking milk versus soda.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "hyper-" in hypergregarious means extremely or excessively. This is the same pattern as seen in words like hypersensitive, hyperactive, and hypercritical.
  • Kenneth, usually a gregarious and fun-loving person, also fought the demons of alcoholism.†  (source)
  • Gregariousness is always the refuge of mediocrities, whether they swear by Soloviev or Kant or Marx.†  (source)
  • Even Zeina Mobassaleh, the hypergregarious girl from Holton-Arms School in D.C. who's sort of like the unit's social director, has vanished into something called the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, one of the big Arab groups.†  (source)
  • He'd known Seth for many years and he was not the slightest bit gregarious.†  (source)
  • Yet, by placing myself on Yamacraw, I was denying my natural gregariousness and my compulsive need for good friends.†  (source)
  • Daddy's favorite was Walter, the most fun-loving and gregarious of his brothers.†  (source)
  • "Fashion leaders are concentrated among young women of high gregariousness," Labov says, calling the linguistic changes he has studied "the audible equivalent of the visual effects of fashion."†  (source)
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