How to use acquaintance in a sentence

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• Still, it stung when a slightly older acquaintance asked me why I couldn't do any better.From the entry sting
• For quotations using this term, see Citations:acquaintances.From the entry acquaintances
• As the summer wound down, acquaintances and friends would ask ribbingly, “How’s your wall?”2024 July 15, Heidi Julavits, “I Put Up a Fence in Maine. Why Did It Cause Such a Fuss?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry ribbingly
• "I am pleased to make your acquaintance," she said in precise, carefully enunciated Drysian.2020, Claire Eliza Bartlett, The Winter Duke, London: Titan Books, →ISBN, page 90. From the entry booklearning
• An acquaintance, Nygyl Bryyn, confirmed to CNN the profile and alias is that of Holden Matthews.2019 April 12, Paul P. Murphy and Samira Said, “Louisiana arson suspect expressed disgust with Baptist churches on Facebook”, in CNN…. From the entry holden
• Roth) and two Chilean acquaintances as they hook up with three young women for a Valparaíso vacation.2013 May 9, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Civilization Comes Crashing Down”, in The New York Times. From the entry expendability
• PCPG might entail an acquaintance who shares your suspicion that there is something otherworldly about you.2012, Joseph P. Laycock, “'We are Spirits of Another Sort': Ontological Rebellion and Religious Dimensions of the Otherkin Community”, in…. From the entry PCPG
• Send this message to six beings of your acquaintance, and your greatest wish shall come true!2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU!. From the entry wish
• We'd invite various contacts up to renew acquaintances and remind them of my dressmaking talents.2010, Guy C. Taylor, Penelope Venola, Maryjane's Notebook: Memoirs of a Hollywood Dress Designer, →ISBN. From the entry renew acquaintances
• Through an acquaintance with his mother’s neighbor, Robert Bourassa, he met a woman named Gloriana LaPointe.2009, Edith Reynolds, John Murray, Wicked Waterbury: Madmen & Mayhem in the Brass City, The History Press, →ISBN. From the entry Gloriana
• Wrong”—anything that needs to go in the auld acquaintance category and be never brought to mind.2004, Victoria Moran, “December 27: The Burning Bowl”, in Younger by the Day: 365 Ways to Rejuvenate Your Body and Revitalize Your Spirit…. From the entry auld
• "Oh, but Bessy and I are old acquaintances," replied Hugh, laughing.2002, Charles Joseph Kickham, Knocknagow, or, The homes of Tipperary, page 227. From the entry nabocklish
• He said he was an amateur archaeologist and an old acquaintance of Li Yuchun’s.1989, 车慕奇 [Che Muqi], “Visit to an Ancient City Buried in the Desert”, in 丝绸之路今昔 [The Silk Road, Past and Present], Beijing: Foreign…. From the entry Qira
• One of my patients told me of an acquaintance who primaled in the shopping center.1979, The Journal of Orgonomy, volume 13, number 1, page 108. From the entry primal
• He telephoned airlines, government contacts and a whole host of pale, over-brushed acquaintances in the U.S.1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 18. From the entry delphic
• An acquaintance of mine was fortunate enough to discover the most impressive word notalgia for back-ache.1946, George Mikes, “How to be a General Alien”, in How to be an Alien (fiction), →ISBN, The Language. From the entry notalgia
• James Street was noted by many, and he nodded abstractedly to innumerable acquaintances.1935, Alan Sullivan, chapter 10, in The Great Divide, London: Lovat Dickson & Thompson. From the entry abstractedly
• Miss Ina Claire tells me that half her acquaintances call her "Eenah" and the other half "Eynah".1935, Winthrop Ames, What Shall We Name the Baby?, New York: Simon and Schuster, page 18. From the entry INA
• Linkman and Laver in Budge Row, perhaps—reliable, not too conspicuous, only nodding acquaintances.1922, John Galsworthy, The Forsyte Saga, part 3, ch. 5. From the entry nodding acquaintance
• He was ‘air-tight,’ close-mouthed, and had but few confidants or intimate friends, but numerous acquaintances.1915 April, Annals of Iowa, Historical Department of Iowa, series 3, volume 12, page 599. From the entry airtight
• Our new acquaintance had become involved in a vexatious difficulty with his pipe. . . .1913, Joseph Conrad, chapter 1, in Chance. From the entry keep the ball rolling
• There isn't any doubt but that he had a nodding acquaintance with every pretty girl in town.1910, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 10, in The Fortune Hunter. From the entry nodding acquaintance
• He has also danced with La Chica for Chungha's song Play, but I'm not sure if they are friends or acquaintances.2022 September 6, u/ripe_ruin, “History and Relationships of the Crews”, in Reddit, r/StreetWomanFighter, archived from the original on 06…. From the entry tgt
• But here, since the earliest days of Isobel’s toddlerhood, my friends and acquaintances have been engaged in an arms race.2014 December 20, Rebecca Ley, “City versus country childhoods”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media…. From the entry toddlerhood
• Men were more likely to gossip about celebrities and acquaintances.2012, Jerome H. Blass, The Family Counselor, page 437. From the entry gossip-prone
• They may "defend" themselves individually, like trying to sabotage an acquaintance who is doing better financially, socially, etc.2010 February 10, “Re: Do economics and morals have anything in common?”, in alt.politics.libertarian (Usenet), retrieved 29 Nov 2021. From the entry authoritah
• If you have any job lobang, feel free to post it here for the community to forward to their acquaintances.2008 January 21, SC@UTS (Usenet). From the entry lobang
• Talbot was a perfectly nice woman, and the students she axe-murdered for her unholy rituals weren't close acquaintances anyway.2004, Jeff Strand, Out of Whack, page 21. From the entry axe-murder
• The half Japanese, half Chinese American army brat made her first acquaintance with death at the age of nine.2003, Quentin Tarantino (writer–director), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (film), 0:33–4. From the entry army brat
• An acquaintance of mine worked in a medical lab.1999 August 19, Paul Martin, “Re: Creepy Stories to Chill Your Bones (Was: Newbie Says Hi, Pukes)”, in misc.writing (Usenet). From the entry mousesicle
• Before his death, Orwell’s acquaintances had often remarked on his ascetic temper, eccentric habits, deep nostalgia, and raw-boned, even cadaverous frame.1989, John Rodden, The Politics of Literary Reputation: The Making and Claiming of ‘St. George’ Orwell, page 122. From the entry quixotic
• The comparative advantage the relearners gained from previous acquaintance with a particular maze vanished as the elapsed time approached six months.1981, Lee Joseph Cronbach, Richard E. Snow, Aptitudes and Instructional Methods, page 125. From the entry relearner
• My own acquaintance with him is a longstanding one, and I have come to know his psychology from soup to nuts.1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VII. From the entry from soup to nuts
• Acquaintance with the anthropological data will at least make clear the wolfish behavior, however ovinely such behavior be rationalized.1940 April, John M. Cooper, “Anthropology and the Indian problems of the Americas”, in Indians of the United States, volume 1, number 1…. From the entry ovinely
• An acquaintance of mine once had a remarkable experience with leopard-men, while on a shooting expedition in Africa.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 168. From the entry leopard man
• On further acquaintance I concluded that Mr.1916, Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3 (of 14). From the entry bruskness
• “It was all perfectly accidental, arising from my informant striking an acquaintance with an intelligent skin-dresser lodging in that particular slum-house.”1911, Joseph Conrad, Under Western Eyes, Penguin Classics, published 2007, page 229. From the entry skin dresser
• And just because the Loon cannot presently think of any professional acquaintances capable of consciously racist acts hardly means that there are none.2014 January 1, The Library Loon, “In which the Loon endorses anti-harassment codes of conduct”, in Gavia Libraria, archived from the…. From the entry whisper network

Meaning of acquaintance

1. noun A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
2. noun A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
3. noun Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).

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Questions about acquaintance in a sentence

How do you use acquaintance in a sentence?

Acquaintance is used as a noun. For example: “I know of the man; but have no acquaintance with him.”

What is a short sentence with acquaintance?

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:acquaintances.”

What does acquaintance mean?

Acquaintance means a state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.