ACQUIRED in a Sentence
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171 example sentences for ACQUIRED, such as:
1. But Juanita also acquired merit.
2. So Jurgis acquired the reading habit.
3. Elsie acquired a good knowledge of Chinese.
4. I have recently acquired a taste for olives.
5. Nobody knew how she had acquired her wealth.
2. So Jurgis acquired the reading habit.
3. Elsie acquired a good knowledge of Chinese.
4. I have recently acquired a taste for olives.
5. Nobody knew how she had acquired her wealth.
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Meanings and Examples of ACQUIRED
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acquired
a. gotten through environmental forces
Classic Sentence: (128 in 9 pages)
1 But only from life could Ellen's face have acquired its look of pride that had no haughtiness, its graciousness, its melancholy and its utter lack of humor.
2 She was self-possessed and walked with a dignity that surpassed even Mammy's, for Mammy had acquired her dignity and Dilcey's was in her blood.
3 Melanie, bonneted and shawled, sedate in newly acquired matronly dignity, hung on his arm and the entire personnel of Tara, black and white, turned out to see Ashley off to the war.
4 In ordinary talk they might have passed unheeded; but following on her prolonged pause they acquired a special meaning.
5 The Welly Brys, after much debate, and anxious counsel with their newly acquired friends, had decided on the bold move of giving a general entertainment.
6 Her sense of irony never quite deserted her, and she could still note, with self-directed derision, the abnormal value suddenly acquired by the most tiresome and insignificant details of her former life.
7 Regina's would enable her, when Mrs. Peniston's legacy was paid, to realize the vision of the green-and-white shop with the fuller competence acquired by her preliminary training.
8 But Juanita also acquired merit.
9 She was, perhaps, rather proud of herself for having acquired so much tolerance.
10 The two or three men who had tried to take advantage of her in a deal acquired celebrity by their defeat.
11 He could never learn like other people, never acquired any finish.
12 She spent much of her time in the water since she had acquired finally the art of swimming.
13 Whatever was her own in the house, everything which she had acquired aside from her husband's bounty, she caused to be transported to the other house, supplying simple and meager deficiencies from her own resources.
14 He had acquired new standards of living, which were not easily to be altered.
15 So Jurgis acquired the reading habit.
Example Sentence: (43 in 3 pages)
1 The business was acquired from Orion four years ago.
2 The acquired any reason to ask you, have a permanence is only a short do.
3 He acquired the craft of wood carving in his native town.
4 A great part to the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.
5 Old properties in the town have acquired a scarcity value.
6 The company has recently acquired new offices in central London.
7 The company has recently acquired a new office building in central Boston.
8 Elsie acquired a good knowledge of Chinese.
9 EWS carried out further bloodletting by sacking senior employees, but has acquired a new chief executive.
10 She acquired a knowledge of the English by careful study.
11 Nobody knew how she had acquired her wealth.
12 The local council has recently acquired the site.
13 I have recently acquired a taste for olives.
14 The term'alexia'is used to refer to any acquired disorder of reading.
15 Skill is acquired through repeated practice, and practice makes perfect.