How to Use amenable in a Sentence

amenable

adjective
Definition of amenablenext
Synonyms for amenablenext
  • The trouble is that Mr Lukashenko might not be amenable.
    — Erasmus, The Economist, 21 July 2019
  • Tear it down to, to build something that’s more amenable.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2022
  • That may have made the regime more amenable to his visit.
    — New York Times, 7 Nov. 2021
  • So the Mods were amenable when the group approached them for a full partnership.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
  • But now, a few things have changed that might make Google more amenable to this kind of feature.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Moussallem seemed amenable, but then changed his tune, Shaw said.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 July 2021
  • If the Nets are amenable to such a framework, the Sixers have to weigh whether the short-term upside outweighs the long-term risks.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Also, look for their input into how to make the workspace more amenable.
    — John Baldoni, Forbes, 25 June 2021
  • Set clear, amenable rules of engagement for video calls.
    — Benoni Tagoe, Rolling Stone, 15 Nov. 2021
  • But that doesn't mean that some aspects of the changes dogs have undergone aren't amenable to study.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 June 2019
  • Ian gets really lucky and Brighid seems more than amenable to having a drink with the young man.
    — Roxane Gay, Glamour, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Palm Beach County voters have been amenable to school taxes in the past.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun-Sentinel.com, 2 May 2018
  • Beyond that, false claims about the virus are often cut-and-dry, and therefore more amenable to fact-checks.
    — Whitney Phillips, Wired, 9 Apr. 2020
  • There wasn’t much to showcase, and the U.S. public was amenable to ignoring it.
    — Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Aviation lives mainly in the world of physics and as such is more amenable to checklists.
    — WSJ, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Those court fights, and the probe as a whole, received a boost from an amenable executive branch.
    — Zoe Tillman, Bloomberg.com, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Even better, crack all of the windows a quarter of the way, if your passengers are amenable.
    — Ray Magliozzi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2021
  • And no time of year is more amenable to helping hunters and trappers do just that than the coming couple of months.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018
  • This year, when Macellum boomeranged back, Kohl’s wasn’t so amenable.
    — Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2022
  • The Browns could also try to smooth things over and get through the rest of the season with Beckham on the roster, if Mayfield is amenable to that.
    — cleveland, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Filling these orders requires boats amenable to the trip.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Up-and-coming coders who might not want to work for Facebook could be more amenable to the idea of working for Horizon.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Younger generations are more than amenable to the idea of remote work.
    — Stephane Kasriel, Fortune, 22 June 2019
  • Maresh, sitting on tons of unsold prunes at the time, was more than amenable to Erath’s proposal.
    — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2021
  • The protests have not always been met with amenable responses from school leaders.
    — NBC News, 21 Dec. 2021
  • No matter the causes, the trends in Europe (and the Caribbean and some other areas around the world) are not amenable to a quick fix.
    — Kent Sepkowitz, CNN, 12 Nov. 2021
  • If your ex is amenable to finding a middle ground, be prepared to still feel surveilled and perturbed.
    — Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Gorsuch and Thomas seemed the most amenable to Texas' arguments Tuesday.
    — Mark Sherman, Chron, 29 Mar. 2022
  • In fact, 23% of full-time employees surveyed by Owl Labs are amenable to taking a pay cut of over 10% to work from home at least some of the time.
    — Eric Allison, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Pompeo is likely to be more amenable to Trump's way of doing business.
    — Karen Deyoung, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2018

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