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Used with verbs:
"
This place is very familiar."
(be: is/am/are, feels, looks, seems, smells)
"
Her voice sounds very familiar."
(sounds, be: is)
"
We are becoming familiar with the new neighborhood."
(becoming, getting, growing)
"
She seems familiar with this topic."
(seems, be: is)
Used with adverbs:
"
This situation is extremely familiar."
(extremely, very, fairly, quite, rather, entirely)
"
I'm becoming increasingly familiar with the subject."
(increasingly, reasonably, immediately, instantly)
"
The subject is familiar enough to me."
(enough)
"
The application process is already familiar."
(already, somehow, vaguely, remotely)
"
This place is strangely familiar."
(strangely, eerily, oddly)
"
Their failure is all too familiar."
(all too, painfully, depressingly)
"
I need to be thoroughly familiar with this process."
(thoroughly, fully, completely)
Used with prepositions:
"
Her face seems rather familiar to me."
(to)
Used with nouns:
"
Her familiar aches were bothering her again."
(aches, pains)
"
He told a familiar tale to the children."
(tale, story)
"
She gave a familiar example of the problem."
(example)
"
We're facing a familiar dilemma."
(dilemma, situation, scenario, problem, complaint)
"
We're no longer in familiar territory."
(territory, surroundings)
"
She tried to remember a familiar landmark."
(landmark, object, sensation, sound, sight)
"
A familiar figure appeared in front of her."
(figure)
"
There was a familiar odor in the room."
(odor, smell, scent)
"
She has a familiar face."
(face)
"
A familiar pattern is emerging here."
(pattern, routine, theme)
