well-liked

• “Mrs Dickinson, 78, was described as a well-liked and a popular figure because of her work with the Alderney horticultural society.”

  Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph

• “Ottis Gibson, a well-liked and well-respected coach, has been a bitter and angry man after matches.”

  The Guardian: Shahid Afridi's bowling unites Pakistan and Bangladesh in cricket | Andy Bull

• “On May 23 he sent out Ensign Joseph Coulon de Villiers de Jumonville, thirty-six years old, a well-liked veteran from a large and distinguished military family.”

  Simon & Schuster: George Washington’s First War

• “He has never been arrogant and juvenile (as was George Bush), and that is the reason why he is respected and well-liked around the world.”

  Freed journalist: 'We knew the nightmare was...coming to an end

• “This is a fairly red town, but he is an anomaly and not well-liked in general.”

  Think Progress » Will Scott Brown Stick By Birther Candidate Who Compared Obama To Osama Bin Laden?

• “At this point, Israel is about as well-liked internationally as Saddam Hussein or Idi Amin.”

  Matthew Yglesias » Five State Solution

• “Detective Kima Greggs gets her sexual orientation constantly thrown in her face by resentful thugs somehow everyone in the whole city knows that she's a lesbian, but is also well-liked and respected by her colleagues for being such a good cop.”

  The Huffington Post: Marion Johnson: Where to Find Positive LGBT Characters in Pop Culture

• “George told me that unemployment makes him feel useless and worthless — a terrible feeling for a man who worked hard all his life and was successful and well-liked at work, said Ivanova, his wife of 11 years who met her husband on the Internet and moved from Russia to marry him.”

  USA Today: California man to be sentenced for bomb-laden home

• “Although moderately well-liked children usually know that they are, certain kinds of children who are not well liked seem oblivious to the fact.”

  Simon & Schuster: Red Flags or Red Herrings?

• “If he manages to take Iowa, the party's former national chairman who is well-liked by party moderates – and who successfully ran Gerald Ford's 1976 presidential campaign on the neo-isolationist slogan "Come Home, America" – could end up sealing the deal.”

  The Guardian: The GOP's new 'Barbourism' | Stewart J Lawrence

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