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
  • 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
  • Three men followed a male and an acquaintance, robbed the male and shot him.
    — Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The suspects fled when an acquaintance of the victim approached the door.
    — Allana Haynes, baltimoresun.com, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The other group was asked to think about a distant acquaintance.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 7 Apr. 2022
  • When the gift is from an acquaintance, the opposite is true.
    — Jo Craven McGinty, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • And please stop comparing them to the offspring of your friends and acquaintances.
    — Abby, Houston Chronicle, 8 Jan. 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
  • 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
  • Voters have at least a slight acquaintance with her there.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2022
  • An acquaintance had gotten a vaccine that way, the friend said.
    — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Rowe is an acquaintance of the girls' mother, court records show.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Hearing from an old acquaintance could give you a chance to reminisce about the good old days.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 14 Feb. 2021
  • And right on cue, one more old basketball acquaintance put in a call.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2021
  • Smith at one point texted an acquaintance — a gang member.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2023
  • She and an acquaintance drift to a place called Ego Death Bar.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020
  • There are so many friends, acquaintances and even strangers that have shown care and concern since day one.
    — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The lender, an acquaintance, would have to be paid one way or another.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 11 June 2020
  • Should auld acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
  • There's a whole variety of ways to make their acquaintance.
    — Maude Campbell, Popular Mechanics, 20 Mar. 2019
  • Most people have at least one acquaintance who prefers to talk more than listen.
    — Jack Zenger, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?
    — Natalie Schumann, Country Living, 16 Dec. 2019

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