Young women disliked the overfamiliar tone he took with them. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a familiar sight. ,to be familiar with a subject. ,to write in a familiar style. ,a familiar friend; to be on familiar terms. ,The duchess disliked familiar servants. From Dictionary.com.
The French were overfamiliar'' with some of the Sicilian women. From Wordnik.com. [The Sicilian Vespers, by Sir Steven Runciman] Reference
I myself was overfamiliar with matters of moral and emotional division. From Wordnik.com. [The Dreamthief's Daughter]
It seemed like an overfamiliar way of revisiting loss, ageing and regret. From Wordnik.com. [Rewind TV: The Apprentice; The Song of Lunch; The Genius of British Art] Reference
If the couple had more substance, this overfamiliar idea might not be a problem. From Wordnik.com. [2007 August 10 « One-Minute Book Reviews] Reference
By now many of the charges and countercharges will seem familiar, or overfamiliar. From Wordnik.com. [Latifah Is Rich,] Reference
At this point, we are led to believe that the movie is moving into overfamiliar territory. From Wordnik.com. [Nicolas Cage's Twitchy Con Man Takes the Dad Rap] Reference
Not that she was overfamiliar with alien oracles and their interior design at the best of times. From Wordnik.com. [The Warslayer]
Coming to the UK lets them wring more life out of material that feels overfamiliar in their own country. From Wordnik.com. [Translating jokes into English leads comics to new punch lines] Reference
The girl's face, even to him who had long before grown overfamiliar with its beauty, was a wonderfully lovely thing. From Wordnik.com. [Then I'll Come Back to You] Reference
Perhaps it was being overfamiliar with Mann's novella, but I really was left with mixed feelings at the end of the film. From Wordnik.com. ["Hard it as may be, I know you should be with me"] Reference
"Link?" said an overfamiliar voice behind him, a strange familiar voice that, alone of all voices, could make him turn, startled. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol]
He had cut from his list of acquaintances and associates a number of people who had been a little doubtful or overfamiliar or indifferent or talkative during. From Wordnik.com. [Jennie Gerhardt] Reference
Decent makeup; good killings; crappy acting; WAY overfamiliar story, and if most of it takes place in that tiny cabin, I'll have cabin fever within a half hour. From Wordnik.com. [Worth Watching - Dec 7: Another Dead Snow Trailer! « FirstShowing.net] Reference
But there's no triumph here-not in the indifferent readings of overfamiliar songs, not in the tame B-movie spoofs that seem less campy than the movies themselves. From Wordnik.com. [Rocky Horror Sci-Fi Show] Reference
Today, if anything, we've become overfamiliar with the static masterpieces that Robert Wilson and Philip Glass regularly ship off to the Brooklyn Academy of Music. From Wordnik.com. [Monk, Eisenberg and Banhart: Oh Me, Oh My, They're So Unusual] Reference
The stand-up material in this video would be overfamiliar to anyone who has an interest in him, but I just loved the line about tickling everybody in the audience. From Wordnik.com. [What am I supposed to do: go out and tickle them all, individually? | clusterflock] Reference
It ' s just that I ' ve been longing in recent years to see some smart director take a fresher approach to a show whose virtues have long since become overfamiliar. From Wordnik.com. [An OK] Reference
Lunigiana: where one of her Sonnes became servant to the Lord thereof, and was found somewhat overfamiliar with his Masters daughter, who therefore caused him to be imprisoned. From Wordnik.com. [The Decameron] Reference
They were simple creatures, satisfied with simple entertainments, which never became overfamiliar because they could not be remembered from one day to another, if even that long. From Wordnik.com. [Up In A Heaval]
On the one hand, it's admirable that McGuinness refuses to lapse into the overfamiliar comfort zones of the singer-songwriter. From Wordnik.com. [PopMatters] Reference
There are a few moments of sharp humour but there's not much subtlety or shading, and the characters 'foibles are overfamiliar. From Wordnik.com. [Evening Standard - Home] Reference
For those overfamiliar with the man Roosevelt would become, the text reminds us what a peculiar person TR was, especially so as a young man. From Wordnik.com. [The John Larroquette Project] Reference
The present generation is not overfamiliar even with his name, but both the name and sayings of that quaint soul were on everybody's lips at the time of which we are writing. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete] Reference
It’s a canny angle on material that might otherwise be overfamiliar. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2010-01-01] Reference
"realities" are little more than a colourfully exotic backdrop for an overfamiliar underdog saga. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
"If you feel you are being overfamiliar at any time," he said, "you can always extend it to Joshua. From Wordnik.com. [Snow Angels]
The present generation is not overfamiliar even with his name, but both the name and sayings of that quaint soul were on everybody’s lips at the time of which we are writing. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
Have we been overfamiliar?. From Wordnik.com. [Dearly Beloved] Reference
Or maybe it's just overfamiliar. From Wordnik.com. [FallNews] Reference
Never fear that I might become overfamiliar!. From Wordnik.com. [Araminta Station]
Zachary Levi does his stumbling and bumbling thing (already overfamiliar for his fans from Chuck and Less Than. From Wordnik.com. [Home Theater Forum] Reference
In old days he was afraid to talk before schoolboys for fear of saying something silly, and now he is overfamiliar even with princes ... wretched, contemptible little creature! ". From Wordnik.com. [Love] Reference
They’re overfamiliar. From Wordnik.com. [Unicorns: Have they been mylittleponied into blunt four-color rainbows?] Reference
(already overfamiliar for his fans from. From Wordnik.com. [Home Theater Forum] Reference
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