| In Hodge's hands he becomes, endearingly, a born loser, easily outwitted by the Chicago shark, Big Jule. |
| He was also an endearingly tetchy coot whose prejudices, passions, and irascibility remained uncompromised over time. |
| Literate lyrics, an insistent strum, and an endearingly adenoidal yelp combine for a thoroughly enjoyable song. |
| And how did he go from endearingly pathetic to pathetically pathetic so fast? |
| Her husband, who bragged endearingly about her desserts, is a beekeeper. |
| Yet none of this means that the show, endearingly old-fashioned as it is, can be dismissed as jerry-built or, worse yet, geriatric. |
