לדלג לתוכן הראשי

adjective

amenable

open and responsive to suggestion; easily persuaded

In a sentence

Six example sentences with amenable, each labelled with its topic.

  • The supplier proved amenable to a shorter contract once we explained that our own customer had halved the order.

    Business

  • The gallery owner was amenable to hanging the smaller prints together after seeing how the series read in sequence.

    Photography

  • The lead actor was surprisingly amenable to cutting his own monologue once the editor showed him the tighter version.

    Movies

  • The senator proved amenable to the compromise once her district's bridge was written into the bill.

    Politics

  • The investors were amenable to a longer runway after the founders showed three months of steady growth.

    Startups

  • The veteran was amenable to coming off the bench once the coach explained the matchup problem to him.

    Basketball

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