A companionable pet. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
They ate together in companionable silence until it was almost time to go. From Wordnik.com. [The Good Unicorn « A Fly in Amber] Reference
They walked along in companionable silence for a while when suddenly the Doctor blurted out, “You want a ring, Rose?”. From Wordnik.com. [Update] Reference
Our floor was such a companionable, sociable place. From Wordnik.com. [Working With the Working Woman] Reference
Strength is companionable when it is united with grace. From Wordnik.com. [My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year] Reference
And Prince was daily becoming more and more companionable. From Wordnik.com. [Odd] Reference
He was the same Luther, grown older and even more companionable. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
It separated me so far from these beautiful, companionable beings. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
Neither said much, but surprisingly the silence was companionable. From Wordnik.com. [Begonia {part six}] Reference
What if the new girls proved to be neither likable nor companionable?. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
Sandy and me is right companionable and -- him not being a smokin 'man. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the Hills] Reference
But they were not all invalids, and formed a bright, companionable party. From Wordnik.com. [Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java] Reference
Their call of "pigie! pigie!" was very companionable on that lonely prairie. From Wordnik.com. [Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History] Reference
He was an interesting, companionable young man, educated at the University of. From Wordnik.com. [A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872] Reference
After the first silent, companionable sips, Thark began filling the other two in. From Wordnik.com. [A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel] Reference
The house filled with companionable silence while I cleaned up our dinner dishes. From Wordnik.com. [The Child Who Loved Emily Dickinson] Reference
The madam told me many times during the journey home that I was not at all companionable. From Wordnik.com. [Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration] Reference
Hip but companionable, it keeps you coming back for more, even after the decapitated cats. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Trip] Reference
He was religious without being austere, just as he was companionable without being worldly. From Wordnik.com. [Joy in Service; Forgetting, and Pressing Onward; Until the Day Dawn] Reference
It must be close upon the hour of their waning, yet how big and soft; and how companionable!. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
And Lester, in his mumbling, studious preoccupation, was no companionable antidote for loneliness. From Wordnik.com. [The Planet Strappers] Reference
The Evening Round-Up is intended to be a companionable, helpful text book, a counselor and a friend. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep] Reference
Therefore, if they would be companionable, a husband and wife should meet each other's moods halfway. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
Not very young, and not pretending to be; filled with good sense, a practical, companionable sort of body. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Mr. Tarkington is said to be exceedingly companionable and entirely without self-consciousness and egotism. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
But surly he never was; his silence was a pleasant silence, a companionable interchange of unspoken thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [In the Time That Was] Reference
Therefore, they must be a few years older than you are, and more adapted for being companionable to you, than I am. From Wordnik.com. [Peak's Island A Romance of Buccaneer Days] Reference
I assented of course, and we hurried on to where the path was wider that we might be companionable and walk side by side. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
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