They had all the appearance of old, familiar friends, laughing together.

They take the stranger to their heart less easily than the familiar friend.

He looked down at the wing as if it were both a burden and in some way a familiar friend.

It was as if it were a familiar friend to her.

Each of the vividly individual performers has become something like a familiar friend by the end.

Fear settled into him like an old friend, close and familiar.

But it was back, and it felt like a familiar friend.

Accidents were for women who considered their bodies still new and surprising, rather than old, familiar friends.

He stared at the stars behind the door which had become familiar friends after five months.

Now is not the time to take a chance on some new and glitzy book, but to settle in with a familiar friend.