How to Use vocabulary in a Sentence

vocabulary

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  • She has learned a lot of new vocabulary.
  • Reading helped to expand her vocabulary.
  • The Internet has given us a whole new vocabulary.
  • He has a somewhat limited vocabulary.
  • The word ‘lesbian’ wasn’t even a part of the vocabulary.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 19 Feb. 2023
  • If anything, the birds’ colorful vocabulary helps keep the mood light and fun amid all the doom and gloom in the world, says Nichols.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • So the Church would propose, and in a vocabulary that the people of the modern world could hear and engage.
    — George Weigel, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Dressy clogs may not be in your footwear vocabulary just yet, but these shoes will change your mind.
    — Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Sep. 2022
  • By the age of four, the average vocabulary has ballooned to more than 1,000 words.
    — Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The vocabulary created over that week became a huge part of the language that has made it into the show.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
  • And while her vocabulary keeps getting better, there’s still a ways to go.
    — Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
  • That state now places its trust in the force of arms, and so must resort to the vocabulary of a police state, as in South Africa or Algeria.
    — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Though the findings show there are not many parts of Utah’s vocabulary that are unique to Utah, there are a few, Eddington said.
    — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The position was made very clear, with a Beard-style modicum of vocabulary.
    — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
  • Singer spends time reading aloud to the children and teaching them new vocabulary.
    — Athena Jones, CNN, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The English language boasts more than a million words, more than twice the vocabulary of any other tongue.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Eighteen-month-olds might have anywhere from five to 40 words in their vocabulary.
    — Christine Luff, Parents, 27 Feb. 2024
  • You're reduced to the level of your most basic vocabulary.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Jan. 2023
  • At the start of each academic class at Oakhaven, students spend 15 minutes or so learning vocabulary and pulling the words apart.
    — Sarah Mervosh, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Hammoud’s vocabulary has already been shaped by the war.
    — Raja Abdulrahim Yousef Masoud, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Others pointed out that his use of long takes, jump-cuts and actors’ asides to the camera all changed the filmmaking vocabulary.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 13 Sep. 2022
  • English, my best language, had no vocabulary for the possession nor the dance.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The entire paradigm is wrong — from the vocabulary to the intent to the execution.
    — David L. Bahnsen, National Review, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Her reply could have been a million other words that’s in her vocabulary.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The vocabulary on the state test was beyond his reach, and multiple-choice questions that asked for the best answer also confused him.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
  • And to accuse Rachmaninoff of that is a bit like blaming Shakespeare for having too large of a vocabulary.
    — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2023
  • That kind of brand management, a policing of a company’s vocabulary, can mean great things for the bottom line.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Around 20% of Swahili’s vocabulary comes from Arabic, as a result of close ties between Oman and the Tanzanian coast.
    — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2022
  • His vocabulary was still dirty, and his attitude still brusque.
    — Juan J. Arroyo, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
  • The game is recommended for ages 14 and up, but younger kids with wider vocabularies may enjoy trying to guess the Wordle, too.
    — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 27 Oct. 2023

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