How to use "liked" in a sentence

They gave us wonderful sea food and we were free to visit any place we liked on the ship.

And after that, everybody liked me.

I liked to study the faces of new customers before I spoke to them.

His gloomy paintings of murder scenes were part of his vision as an artist: he liked to paint the dark, squalid side of life

There was something about his eyes, tilled with a strange sadness, that she liked and trusted

Gillenormand hated everybody who liked Napoleon

The ordinary people liked him at first, but he soon showed that he was more interested in power for his family than democracy for his people

Poker, blackjack, rummy: you name the game and Jimmy could play it, though he especially liked poker

She liked to look after everything herself.'

I have always liked the picture of the girl in white,' Mrs Danvers went on in the same friendly way.

Danny had liked to draw, and the easel, complete with a box of pencils and pens and paints, had been a birthday gift when he was nine

Vivienne liked the action, noise, lights, and excitement of Las Vegas

What do you say? You always liked pistachio."

As an hour passed in front of the fire, and then another hour, Tina discovered that she liked Elliot Stryker more with each new thing she learned about him.

His ships, sealed in their glass worlds, relaxed him; he liked to spend time with them when he had a problem to work out or when he was on edge, for they made him feel serene, and that security allowed his mind to function at peak performance.

A warm, animal satisfaction rose in him, which was not an entirely welcome feeling, for he liked to think of himself as a civilized man

George liked to believe that they might even find it in their hearts to forgive him for having pulled the trigger himself.

Apparently, Billy liked his view of the world to be as neat and uncluttered as everything else about him; if he started believing in ghosts, he'd have to reconsider his opinions about a lot of other things too, and then life would become intolerably messy.

Alexander never liked to have worthy opponents

He liked to take long, leisurely walks among the tombstones

The producer, the studio, and the network never could agree on a title, and no one liked my idea - Kickass Koontz Cinema - and probably even realized I was not serious in proposing it.

But he liked me, and when I was twelve, I moved to Uncle Elias's house

I have liked telephones, and here in France we now have so many of them that you are never safe from interruption

Nobody ever liked him because he always thought he was right, and that others were always wrong

I have always liked Mrs Protheroe but I soon realized that she would do anything Lawrence Redding told her

But Miss Marple just smiled and continued, 'I liked Anne and Lawrence, so when they both confessed in that silly way - well, I was happy that I had been wrong

She's been Archer's girlfriend for a long time, and she was alone in the house when it happened! And then, of course, there was Lettice - wanting freedom and money to do as she liked

I liked it too

George was surprised that we both liked his idea

She had never liked Laura

I liked beautiful things, and Sir P gave me beautiful presents

Mrs Fairlie of Limmeridge House liked Anne

People really liked the book, and Betty talked about it all over the world

When she was young, she liked many sports, and she was very good at them

Her family were athletes, and Billie Jean liked sport, too