| 1. | Gentle to me and affable hath bee. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 2. | The affable Arch-angel, had forewarn'. - from Paradise Lost by John Milton |
| 3. | The affable merchant was trying to recall his customer's name. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 4. | He nor that affable familiar ghos. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 5. | An affable and courteous gentlema. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 6. | I went up to her, and was received with an affable kiss and shake of the hand. - from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte |
| 7. | She was always a very affable and free-spoken young lady, and very civil behaved. - from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen |
| 8. | "Good-morning," said an affable gentleman with a Hebrew countenance, approaching. - from The Best American Humorous Short Stories by Various |
| 9. | Alexander was saying something affable to him. - from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy |