ACQUAINT in a Sentence
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233 example sentences for ACQUAINT, such as:
1. Travel will acquaint us with new customs.
2. I am delighted to make your acquaintance, Mrs.
3. Please acquaint me with the facts of the case.
4. He is not a friend of mine, only an acquaintance.
5. I need to acquaint myself with the new regulations.
2. I am delighted to make your acquaintance, Mrs.
3. Please acquaint me with the facts of the case.
4. He is not a friend of mine, only an acquaintance.
5. I need to acquaint myself with the new regulations.
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Meanings and Examples of ACQUAINT
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acquaint
v. cause to come to know personally
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 They did not even acquaint me with their intentions, and I only discovered them by chance, that is why I have been so reserved with you, dear grandpapa.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort.
Context Highlight In Chapter 58. M. Noirtier de Villefort.
2 Well, sir, by the help of two signs, with which I will acquaint you presently, you may ascertain with perfect certainty that my grandfather is still in the full possession of all his mental faculties.
3 Elizabeth most thankfully consented, and a servant was dispatched to Longbourn to acquaint the family with her stay and bring back a supply of clothes.
4 I knew it would be useless to acquaint my elders with any such plan.
5 The sergeant went immediately to acquaint the Commandant with what he had heard.
6 I was conducted to his palace, where I acquainted him with the history of my family, and he represented to me how much it was beneath my rank to belong to an Israelite.
7 Ay, sure," answered Cacambo, "I was servant in the College of the Assumption, and am acquainted with the government of the good Fathers as well as I am with the streets of Cadiz.
8 Very few families had been acquainted with the Myriel family before the Revolution.
9 As he was not acquainted with the streets, he recommenced his walk at random.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—THE EVENING OF A DAY OF WALKING
10 My brother imparted all these details with that easy gayety of his with which you are acquainted, interspersing his words with graceful attentions to me.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTA...
Context Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IV—DETAILS CONCERNING THE CHEESE-DAIRIES OF PONTA...
11 Children become acquainted quickly at that age, and at the expiration of a minute the little Thenardiers were playing with the new-comer at making holes in the ground, which was an immense pleasure.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—ONE MOTHER MEETS ANOTHER MOTHER
12 He was not acquainted with Arras; the streets were dark, and he walked on at random; but he seemed bent upon not asking the way of the passers-by.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION...
13 Any one who was thoroughly acquainted with him, and who had examined him attentively at the moment, would have shuddered.
14 Every one is acquainted with the first phase of this battle; a beginning which was troubled, uncertain, hesitating, menacing to both armies, but still more so for the English than for the French.
15 As for his prowess at Waterloo, the reader is already acquainted with that.
Example Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1 Travel will acquaint us with new customs.
2 Please acquaint me with the facts of the case.
3 I need to acquaint myself with the new regulations.
4 Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move faster.
5 When we got to the cabin we took a look at the front and the two sides; and on the side I warn't acquainted with -- which was the north side -- we found a square window-hole, up tolerable high, with just one stout board nailed across it.
6 In my experience, most of the incredulity is expressed by people who don't understand how evolution works and aren't acquainted with all evidence.
7 Henri de Lubac and Karol Wojtyla, who later became Pope, were already acquainted from the days of the Second Vatican Council.
8 I am not personally acquainted with the gentleman in question.
9 To be acquainted with the merit of ministry, we need only observe the condition of the people.
10 The lawyer acquainted himself with the details of his client's business affairs.
11 She was a casual acquaintance of my family in Vienna.
12 He is not a friend of mine, only an acquaintance.
13 He has some little acquaintance with the Japanese language.
14 I am delighted to make your acquaintance, Mrs.
15 Professor Gladwyn would be an acquaintance worth cultivating.