GENIALITY in a Sentence

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34 example sentences for GENIALITY, such as:

1. His manner was suddenly genial.
2. The sky was bright, and there was a genial warmth in the air.
3. A kind of pleasant stupor was stealing over me as I sat by the genial fire.
4. For Mr. Bhaer talked well in this genial atmosphere, and did himself justice.
5. I found him, to my astonishment, quite composed and most genial in his manner.

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 Meanings and Examples of GENIALITY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
geniality
 n.  warmth of disposition and manners; kindliness; sympathy
Classic Sentence: (29 in 2 pages)
1  The geniality, as was the way of the man, was somewhat theatrical to the eye; but it reposed on genuine feeling.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER SEARCH FOR MR. HYDE
2  Once it surprised her notions by remarking upon the friendliness and geniality written in the faces of the hills around.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
3  For Mr. Bhaer talked well in this genial atmosphere, and did himself justice.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
4  It seemed natural: it seemed genial to be so well loved, so caressed by him.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
5  A kind of pleasant stupor was stealing over me as I sat by the genial fire.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
6  His features were pretty yet, and his eye and complexion brighter than I remembered them, though with merely temporary lustre borrowed from the salubrious air and genial sun.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
7  My health forbade me from venturing out unless the weather was exceptionally genial, and I had no friends who would call upon me and break the monotony of my daily existence.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER II. THE SCIENCE OF DEDUCTION
8  Notwithstanding the prescription of the genial hermit, with which his guest willingly complied, he found it no easy matter to bring the harp to harmony.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
9  He received us in his quietly genial fashion, ordered fresh rashers and eggs, and joined us in a hearty meal.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
10  His manner was suddenly genial.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
11  I found him, to my astonishment, quite composed and most genial in his manner.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
12  He was very genial and very appreciative of what we had done, and took off our hands all cares as to details.
Dracula By Bram Stoker
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
13  "There will be no difficulty, sir," said the genial frame-maker, beginning, with the aid of his assistant, to unhook the picture from the long brass chains by which it was suspended.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 10
14  The sky was bright, and there was a genial warmth in the air.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 14
15  The pleasant showers and genial warmth of spring greatly altered the aspect of the earth.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
Example Sentence:
1  Now the master, mellow almost to the verge of geniality, put his chair aside, turned his back to the audience, and began to draw a map of America on the blackboard, to exercise the geography class upon.
2  This restaurant is famous and popular because of the geniality of the proprietor who tries to make everyone happy.
3  He was in his after-dinner mood; more genial and also more self-indulgent than the frigid and rigid temper of the morning.
4  He was, in short, in his after-dinner mood; more expanded and genial, and also more self - indulgent than the frigid and rigid temper of the morning.
5  So soft was her step, it failed to make even a sound, and but for the magical thrill imparted by her genial touch, as other unobtrusive beauties, she would have glided away un-perceived--unsought.