in a familiar way

I moved forward to help him, and he patted me on the arm in a familiar way.

The girl sitting next to Chris was leaning against him in a familiar way.

The premise seems destined to play out in a familiar way.

One was being carried; his arms and legs hung down in a familiar way.

Now she was calling to Meleager in a familiar way.

She sang to one of the Titanides, who held out his hand in a familiar way.

"These are the best I've done," he said, tapping the binoculars in a familiar way.

He continues: "It moves, but not in a familiar way.

A group of men worked at it, heads bowed, shuffling in a familiar way.

The door creaked in a familiar way as did the floor-boards.

If he wanted people to listen, he had to ease them into it in a familiar way.

The idea is to represent "familiar objects in a familiar way."

He looked up and saw her, and his forehead furrowed in a familiar way.

She kissed Jean-Paul in a familiar way and said good evening to each of us.

"The air is filling in a familiar way with hideous subtleties.

'The woman smiled to Loiseau in a familiar way.

She shook her head in a familiar way and managed to laugh and cry at the same instant.

Corrig put his hand upon her shoulder, all at once in a familiar way as though he had known her forever.

Her mouth was stiff in a familiar way, so that Tug knew she was trying not to cry.

Feeling my forehead begin to furrow in a familiar way, I admitted, "Probably."

They nodded to Domon in a familiar way.

She came to him, still holding the ladle but dangling her arms over his shoulders in a familiar way she had not used before.

Feeling herself being grasped in a familiar way, she was unable to avoid a throw over Drusilla's hip.

'It means that the introduction of any new technology is a seamless process: the training machine looks and operates in a familiar way.

The rest of the show resembles a kindergarten class schedule, with distinct subjects appearing at predictable times in a familiar way.