How to Use acquaintance in a Sentence

acquaintance

noun
Definition of acquaintancenext
Synonyms for acquaintancenext
  • She struck up an acquaintance with a man from the city.
  • While he has some acquaintance with the subject, he is not an expert.
  • She ran into an old acquaintance at the grocery store.
  • He seemed cold at first, but on closer acquaintance I realized that he was just shy.
  • The acquaintance returned the car to the man later the next day.
    — cleveland, 6 Nov. 2020
  • The acquaintance reached across and took hold of my wrist to kiss me.
    — Abigail Jones, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2018
  • No one has the right to touch an acquaintance if asked not to do it.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022
  • The acquaintance then ran back to the vehicle and the two males drove off.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • She and an acquaintance drift to a place called Ego Death Bar.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020
  • Three men followed a male and an acquaintance, robbed the male and shot him.
    — Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The man pulled out a knife and pushed the acquaintance down an embankment.
    — Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Two people were struck in the head with a glass by an acquaintance.
    — Washington Post, 21 July 2021
  • My acquaintance at the party was a straight, white, wealthy man in his 60s.
    — Lindsay Ryan, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2022
  • That is, the self who goes to Lumon has no acquaintance with the self who toils away there from 9-5.
    — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Still has to make the acquaintance of empress tang soon........
    — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Prince Philip was a friend—or at least an acquaintance—of Ward's.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 3 Nov. 2022
  • An old acquaintance rang me up out of the blue and made me an offer, and this started a ball rolling.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 5 Nov. 2018
  • In other ways, the two of them are much more like people of my acquaintance than like me.
    — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 23 July 2021
  • The suspects fled when an acquaintance of the victim approached the door.
    — Allana Haynes, baltimoresun.com, 25 Oct. 2021
  • When the gift is from an acquaintance, the opposite is true.
    — Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The club is a place to gather with friends or business acquaintances to have drinks and small bites.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The house was built in 1955 for Louis Penfield, an artist and art teacher and an acquaintance of Wright’s.
    — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Rowe is an acquaintance of the girls' mother, court records show.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Among that group of A-list acquaintances is Nobu Matsuhisa, of the more than 50 Nobu restaurants and hotels around the world.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The other group was asked to think about a distant acquaintance.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 7 Apr. 2022
  • The premise of the show is simple: Casey and Aaron have been sent on a blind date by a mutual acquaintance.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Offer to babysit or pet sit for a friend or acquaintance.
    — Melissa Santos, Axios, 28 Oct. 2024
  • At the height of the farm protest, an acquaintance of mine came back shaken from a visit to a New Delhi park.
    — Hartosh Singh Bal, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2023
  • The acquaintance was sentenced to six months in prison for aiding and abetting.
    — Becca Longmire, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Be a Resource: Answer questions or provide advice to friends and acquaintances.
    — Allbusiness, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024

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