“She amazed Christina with her open familiarity with strangers.”

“It is likely that interactions between neighboring geese, kin or non-kin, may be influenced by the degree of familiarity with each other.”

“Andy was accused of having behaved with undue and oily familiarity with his staff.”

“He is a longtime familiar at the bar where everybody knows his name.”

“The usually reserved writer can be quite warm with someone he considers a familiar.”

“Selective reading and familiarisation with classics can boost their confidence and accelerate their intellectual growth.”

“The initial set of modules is expected to be delivered by June 2003 for members to conduct tests and familiarisation exercises.”

“After a decent interval, a period of dating and familiarisation, and ultimately marriage and homemaking, the first children were born.”

“The focus is on creating conditions for their sociopsychological and job-related adjustment and familiarization with military units.”

“An initial acclimation period for diet adjustment and familiarization with collection apparatus was needed prior to the onset of the study.”

“Being a new countermeasure, it calls for theoretical elaboration and practical familiarization.”

“Both familiars and fairies could appear dressed wholly in black, or wholly in white, or in any variety of colours in between.”

“Familiars were usually small animals such as dogs, cats, toads, mice and owls. Many witches' familiars had unusual names.”

“Visual cues alone allow for the expression of a preference for familiars in guppies and rainbowfish.”