How to Use amicable in a Sentence

amicable

adjective
Definition of amicablenext
Synonyms for amicablenext
  • They reached an amicable agreement.
  • Everyone had been working really hard to find an amicable and gracious way of letting go and moving on.
    — Emma Dibdin, Cosmopolitan, 13 Mar. 2018
  • Jake Wagner and his mother have both told The Enquirer the agreement was amicable.
    — Chris Graves and Bob Strickley, Cincinnati.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • Prasad and the woman had an amicable relationship, Wagstaffe said, and still did on April 25, the woman’s last day of work at the airport.
    — Marwa Eltagouri, Washington Post, 2 May 2018
  • The couple divorced earlier this month, a split her family described as amicable, and friends have said Chapman was excited to begin a new chapter in her life.
    — David Gambacorta, Philly.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • The tone and tenor of the meetings to this point has been amicable.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 29 July 2019
  • Sources say the duo's deal with the studio was up and the split was amicable.
    — Ray Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2018
  • In terms of safety, the police are amicable most of the time.
    — Diego Nicolás Argüello, Pitchfork, 2 Nov. 2023
  • That said, the two are still amicable, even post-split.
    — Katherine J Igoe, Marie Claire, 5 Nov. 2019
  • The pair hoped to remain amicable for the sake of their children.
    — Ariana Quihuiz, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
  • In a statement, their lawyers shared that the split was amicable.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The arts group behind the murals reached an amicable deal to open a new arts center 10 miles to the east.
    — Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 June 2021
  • She and the singer stayed in touch by phone, and the conversations were amicable.
    — Robert Philpot, star-telegram, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The parting of ways is said to be due to a difference in vision and to be amicable.
    — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
  • But the events that led up to that agreement have been anything but amicable.
    — Orange County Register, 20 Jan. 2017
  • The report said the split was amicable, and occurred a few weeks ago while Taylor was on tour.
    — Women's Health, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Jon and Kate's split was not amicable — to put it lightly.
    — Eileen Reslen, Good Housekeeping, 6 June 2018
  • The Wynns’ first divorce was amicable; the second, not so much.
    — Chase Peterson-Withorn, Forbes, 9 May 2021
  • Those talks had been amicable, but Starboard is one of the top activist firms.
    — Anna Wilde Mathews, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2020
  • This suggests that things are, at the very least, amicable between these two.
    — Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 24 Mar. 2023
  • One friend of the couple suggested that the split was amicable.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Rather than fight over it, the two reached an amicable agreement to share in the accomplishment.
    — Pj Delhomme, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2020
  • Co-parents walk a fine line when their break-up was amicable.
    — Tribune News Service, al, 7 June 2022
  • Schwartz went on to say that after some time working through it, the couple is still amicable.
    — Jessica Booth, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The political mood in the state was not quite so amicable.
    — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2020
  • At the time, a source said the breakup, which followed a roughly year-long engagement, was amicable.
    — Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Today, the teams are amicable enough to have some some friendly banter about the news on Twitter.
    — Joshua Iversen, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Betts left the Allmans in a not-so-amicable split in 2000 but continued to tour as a solo artist.
    — Dan Deluca, Philly.com, 12 July 2018
  • The departure is described as amicable and happened some time ago.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
  • Key Background The relationship between Musk and Trump has not always been an amicable one.
    — Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024

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