(1) True, that comment was made early in Guardiola’s spell as Bayern manager and perhaps it was just a way of endearing himself to his new captain, but there is no doubt the former Barcelona manager adores Lahm.
(2) Their hearty laughter far surpassed any private hopes of entertaining this endearingly stodgy bunch.
(3) He changes the subject in a way that is clumsily endearing yet explains why he sometimes had trouble communicating his heartfelt vision to the public.
(4) Now, at 57, he seems almost old fogeyish, endearingly so.
(5) This week the British fashion industry finally shed its image of cautious provincialism laced with endearing eccentricity and earned the applause of those members of the international fashion community in London for the show of the top ready-to-wear designers and the major fashion exhibitions at Olympia and the Kensington Exhibition Centre.
(6) Their sophisticated political systems, extraordinary visual culture, advanced science and development of the only written language in the Americas have long endeared them to historians.
(7) It is fair to say that this was not regarded as endearing, particularly by those commentators who pointed out it wasn't just Osborne's pound to play with.
(8) Romney has hardly sought to endear himself with Europeans, holding the EU up as a failed model and implicitly accusing Obama of being a closet "European" – big government, social welfare, and "entitlement" culture.
(9) Thoreau's recognitions endeared him to the revolutionaries of the 1960s: he saw the violence behind the established order, the enslaving nature of private property, and - a trend even stronger now than 40 years ago - the media's substitution of "the news" for private reality.
(10) Yet unlike his fellow ex-Bullingdon men and Tory patricians, Cameron and London mayor Boris Johnson, Osborne does not make a consistent effort to play down his privilege or make it endearing.
(11) Its dictionary definition is “a Scots word meaning scrotum, in Scots vernacular a term of endearment but in English could be taken as an insult”.
(12) And hurt a number of people.” There is a pause, during which one feels Franzen leaning inexorably, and rather endearingly, in a direction that can do him no good.
(13) It’s a nice place and I am relaxed, but endearingly, Moby isn’t.
(14) And, though he admits it didn't endear him to his colleagues, he seems to have no regrets about his famous "seeing God" quote uttered at the press conference.
(15) On a night when Jerome Sinclair came off the bench to become Liverpool's youngest ever player at the age of 16 years and six days – he is so new to the scene that the club got his christian name wrong on the team-sheet and put him down as Jordan – Nuri Sahin endeared himself to the travelling supporters with two goals to help the holders vanquish West Brom and secure a place in the last 16, where Rodgers will come up against Swansea City, his former club.
(16) If in 2032 it hasn't endeared itself to the residents of Stratford and beyond it should be pulled down.
(17) It just so happened that our trip to Disney World coincided with the filming of The Muppets at Walt Disney World , a made-for-TV movie in which the Muppets meet the Disney characters, and we were suddenly standing about 4ft away from Jim Henson himself , bearded, sun hatted and in a lavishly patterned shirt, giving the frog hoiked up on his arm that reassuringly familiar voice as well as that endearing personality.
(18) His devotion to spiritual matters has not endeared him to the Chinese regime, which routinely denounces the Dalai Lama as a “splittist wolf in monk’s clothing”.
(19) An autocratic manner, reflected in a failure to consult with cabinet ministers and parliamentary colleagues, did little to endear Rudd to his caucus.
(20) A few sniffles and damp cheeks are endearing by comparison.
Lovable
Definition:
(a.) Having qualities that excite, or are fitted to excite, love; worthy of love.
Example Sentences:
(1) If you're sincere and smart and genuine and lovable that's what's going to come across in your videos and tweets."
(2) Although he could be lovable, charming, whimsical, encouraging, and deeply devoted to his family, he subjugated the adult women in his household and at least one son to exploitation and abuse, demanding (and receiving from his wife and step-daughter) almost total abnegation of self.
(3) The cathartic moment, in which the king realises he's OK and lovable just as he is, was wonderful for the film-makers to discover, and has been wonderful for worldwide audiences ever since (and the king doesn't die… he merely "croaks").
(4) Behind all its variety the paper always reflected David's own personality and interests: it was as lovable or hateable as a single human being.
(5) Inspired by chaos, Floyd would address the crew as often as the camera, would get palpably squiffy as programmes wore on, would indulge in any manner of derring-do (from playing rugby with Welshmen to shooting seals and eating puffins) and would be lovably madcap.
(6) Of course it is the hyperbolic silliness – the make-or-break trifle sponge, custard thefts, and prolonged ruminations over "The Crumb" – that makes The Great British Bake Off so lovable.
(7) It also offers a memento of, and a comment on, the more instantly lovable work finished decades before – of the rich and longstanding relationship of a master of still life with kitchen pots and pans.
(8) To feel lovable a child needs an enduring responsive relationship that conveys positive regard.
(9) Scott Pilgrim – and his peers in the likes of American Pie, Kick-Ass and Superbad – are presented as lovable losers, but compared to Marty they're creeps: self-absorbed, fixated on social hierarchy, only interested in niceness and decency if it helps them lure a girl into bed.
(10) The sinologist Ryan Mitchell notes that in a 1948 article, a veteran Chinese communist called Xi Zhongxun was quoted as saying “the most lovable qualities of us Communist party folks are devotion and sincerity”.
(11) To emphasise the point, the Batmobile steals every scene it's in, juggernauting across the Gotham rooftops in a spectacular chase that ends with Wayne earning a spanking from his lovable cockney butler Michael Caine.
(12) Turturro's Woody – still playing Woody Allen because, really, Woody Allen is the only role he knows how to play – loses a lot of the snippiness and self-absorption of the Woody-built Woody, and it's a small joy to witness him being so lovable, witty and wise – and so unneurotic.
(13) Author Rich Cohen wrote in the New York Times: “For as long as anyone remembers, following the Cubs has meant embracing futility, choosing the losers over the winners, seeing the romance in failure.” The “lovable losers” have suffered a legendary curse ever since a tavern owner, barred from a World Series game in 1945 because he was trying to bring in a malodorous goat , proclaimed that they would never win the title again.
(14) They may pretend to be interested in football, politics and cars, but deep down they are still dazzled by shiny things and are the same infuriatingly lovable little bundles of fun they've always been – bless 'em – and the double whammy of fine wines and Belgian chocolates will always open a lot of doors.
(15) Kehazaei’s mother, Goldone , told Guardian Australia her son was “gentle and loving”, a “very sensitive, harmless lovable person”.
(16) "Maybe certain ages, for sure, but the Muppets are so real and so lovable and colourful.
(17) Joey is a Friends spin-off in which Le Blanc's lovably dumb character from the long-running comedy hit relocates to Los Angeles to further his acting career.
(18) SH Sky Atlantic, 13 September Facebook Twitter Pinterest Cilla Two years after writer Jeff Pope and actor Sheridan Smith collaborated on a drama about the Great Train Robbery – bringing her an acting trophy from Bafta for her portrayal of robber’s wife Charmaine Biggs and him a mini-series nomination – the same team turn to a more lovable aspect of 1960s culture in this Cilla Black life story.
(19) The amount of music available in 2010 is so vast that it helps for an authoritative voice to guide through its maze, and 6 Music has tonnes of them, such as the razor-sharp Lauren Laverne and the lovable Gideon Coe.
(20) It appears likely that Adam Driver, better known for playing the lovably awkward Adam in TV series Girls, has beaten Michael Fassbender and Hugo Weaving to the role of a Darth Vader-esque villain .