1.   About as genuinely friendly as a boa constrictor, and a damned sight more dangerous.

2.   Holmes, enthusiastic and friendly as ever, bounded up to her with the allotted amount of lead a fraction longer than I anticipated.

3.   Above all, Shipley believed, mergers should be as friendly as possible.

4.   It looked as toasty and friendly as a New England beach in July.

5.   Juan found everyone as friendly as those he had met the day before.

6.   Like the Italians, the Spanish are a warm and friendly people, almost as friendly as their neighbors to the west, the Portuguese.

7.   Make it as friendly as an open house, as democratic as open seating.

8.   Most people still think ferries are as environmentally friendly as Tall Ships on the Fourth of July.

9.   Party Cove, like the rest of the lake, was as friendly as any Midwestern small town.

10.   Shoppers were as friendly as rabid badgers.