: having an informal or intimate quality
a fireside chat
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Examples of fireside in a Sentence
Noun
We sat chatting at the fireside.
couldn't wait to get off the plane and back to his comfortable fireside
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2024
Such outreach draws its lineage to President Franklin Roosevelt’s fireside chats, when Depression-era Americans would gather around the radio to hear his voice.
—Brooke Schultz, Quartz, 6 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Photo : The Home Aesthetic A cozy fireside family room.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2024
Such outreach draws its lineage to President Franklin Roosevelt’s fireside chats, when Depression-era Americans would gather around the radio to hear his voice.
—Brooke Schultz, Quartz, 6 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for fireside
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“Fireside.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fireside. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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