How to Use acquainted in a Sentence

acquainted

adjective
  • For those less acquainted, the Run and Shoot is not the Air Raid.
    oregonlive, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The world will become acquainted with such hidden gems of Tokyo next year when the city stages the Summer Olympics.
    Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2019
  • That was enough time to get a little bit acquainted with Mobile.
    Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 31 May 2017
  • The way to get close — or closer — is to show up for him, to become acquainted with his wife and her family, and to meet their friends.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 29 May 2022
  • The way to get close – or closer – is to show up for him, to become acquainted with his wife and her family, and to meet their friends.
    Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 29 May 2022
  • The two became acquainted and a friendship later blossomed in 2002.
    Rasha Ali, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2022
  • Lovers of clean beauty likely already know and love Honest Beauty, and if not, now’s an apt time to become acquainted.
    Jamila Stewart, Essence, 17 May 2022
  • Blame fell on lack of practice, little teamwork and a lack of time available for the players to become acquainted with one another.
    Dallas News, 16 Jan. 2022
  • Union and Wade are well acquainted with being in the sartorial spotlight.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Most Minnesotans are spending a lot more time at home these days, getting well acquainted with its comforts — and its shortcomings.
    Kim Palmer, Star Tribune, 25 Sep. 2020
  • So viewers can expect to become acquainted with the game that brings out the competitive spirits of the Bridgerton siblings.
    Julia Thompson, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2021
  • During the 2019 Probatoire, several of the candidates were already well acquainted with risk in the Alps.
    Simon Akam, Outside Online, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Back on Facebook, where my people are far too acquainted with the undertaker.
    Marcus Wicker, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2020
  • The Biden family has a younger dog, Major, who recently received more training to help him become more acquainted with living in the White House.
    CBS News, 20 June 2021
  • During the sit-down, Lopez revealed that her kids have recently become acquainted with her back catalog of films.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2023
  • By the time Janet started making records in the ’80s, the world had already become well acquainted with her brothers—one of whom happened to be Michael Jackson, arguably the most famous person on the planet.
    Elizabeth Lancaster, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2021
  • With several new faces, Gruden may be inclined to give some of his first-unit players some get-acquainted snaps on Saturday.
    Staff and News Service Reports, The Mercury News, 10 Aug. 2019
  • The former chef arranges for the couple to become acquainted with one another over sandwiches from D'Angelo's Sausage Truck.
    Nerisha Penrose, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2017
  • The board agreed that with Lugo planning to leave, the district should have someone working below Lugo who can become acquainted with his duties.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2021
  • The limited viewing time will allow the cub to become acquainted with his new surroundings, Kubié said.
    Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Kiawah Island is a small community of well-acquainted friends and neighbors and this loss will be felt by the entire community.
    Brian Pascus, CBS News, 24 June 2019
  • This role quickly helped her become intimately acquainted with the greater Houston area.
    Rebecca Maitland, Houston Chronicle, 9 June 2019
  • As the official season for cooking outdoors, summer is often when home chefs become well acquainted with grills.
    Kelly Dawson, House Beautiful, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Many of the conversations are dull, daily chatter as group members become acquainted and even friendly with each other.
    Matt Burgess, Wired, 16 Mar. 2022
  • By now, Mavericks fans have most likely become closely acquainted with all things Kyrie Irving.
    Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Surprisingly, a bunch of other people show up, and the group becomes acquainted, forming a community of some sort.
    Toby Grey, BGR, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Olmsted Township hosted a Bus Tour and Lunch for seniors to become more acquainted with the community.
    cleveland, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Now that the breakneck pace of matches is beginning to slow, with five games left in FCD’s regular season, Lletget has become more acquainted with his surroundings.
    Jon Arnold, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The pitching coaches seemed to expect an eventful period as pitchers, batters, coaches and umpires become acquainted with a new concept added to an old sport.
    Adam Elder, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2023
  • Listeners are well acquainted with my right-of-center viewpoint, and quite frankly, exchanging high fives and attaboys in an echo chamber makes for a pretty boring afternoon drive.
    Jeremy Barr, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2018

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