How to Use informal in a Sentence

informal

adjective
  • The term is common in informal contexts.
  • He has an informal manner that puts people at ease.
  • We had an informal meeting over lunch.
  • He took an informal poll among his coworkers.
  • He spoke to them in informal Spanish.
  • The fellas hold a quick and informal draft of the top players in the NBA Finals.
    Aaron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post, 5 June 2024
  • Users’ feeds are flooded with these informal peeks into the worlds of their friends.
    Elana Klein, WIRED, 28 Jan. 2024
  • First with informal classes for friends, then friends-of-friends.
    Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Then comes an informal beauty pageant to select the finest turkey in the land.
    Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Tata is the informal word for grandma in Lebanese Arabic.
    Kaitlin Stevens, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The informal live show was silenced last year by the stringent rules of the pandemic.
    Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2021
  • More events, formal and informal, will take place at the garden.
    Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 May 2022
  • As tracks played into the night, members of the crowd got up from their picnic blankets and joined the informal dance floor.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
  • Helping in times of need sets up an informal pooling of risk.
    Jessica Dulong, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Pauker serves as an informal spokesman for the survivors.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Kennedy said the informal makeup of the groups raises some concerns.
    David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The new companions, who still will not receive a salary, will be more informal than the ladies-in-waiting of decades past.
    Emily Burack, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2022
  • This is a relaxed, informal affair, a few friends coming over for food, the kind of people who have seen me in soft clothes.
    Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The informal meeting felt more like a group of friends getting together, which is a draw for some.
    Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Sorry to break it to you, but the tampering that happens is not informal.
    Cory Lavalette, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Elsewhere, there are both formal and informal living rooms, and not just one but two kitchens.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2023
  • While such events are largely informal or semi-formal, there must be a method to the madness.
    Abiola Salami, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Those with no money had to seek the help of informal volunteer networks.
    USA Today, 31 May 2023
  • Most of this growth occurs in the informal sector, so the question isn’t how to manage it, but how to empower it.
    Holly Jones, Variety, 4 Sep. 2024
  • There was even an informal queue of people waiting to join the official one.
    Mike Corder, Jill Lawless and Danica Kirka, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Sep. 2022
  • For creative types, a more informal photo might be best.
    Will Van Der Sanden, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • It's used as an informal measure of how bad a storm is expected to be or has been, because the chain of restaurants, many of which are in the South, are rarely closed.
    NBC News, 9 Oct. 2024
  • This is part of the new king’s desire to usher in a more visible, more informal monarchy.
    WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The members have been coy about the band’s future—sometimes dousing it with cold water, others alluding to informal meet-ups that may or may not lead to a return to the studio or stage.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Mar. 2025
  • In both cases, the nuclear power did not face a real threat to its survival and avoided a military collapse, two informal but critical thresholds for nuclear use.
    Paul Avey, Foreign Affairs, 6 Mar. 2025

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