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Example sentences for: acquaintance

How can you use “acquaintance” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Some weeks ago I made the acquaintance of a new co-worker (of the opposite sex).
There came a time when an editor, to whom I'd casually mentioned my acquaintance with John, asked me to write a short piece about one of his mother's book projects.
My point is that any casual acquaintance is bound to lead to similar ones, because the surface of rock is exciting only at rare and lucky moments.
(Or, as Powell would put it about a brilliant acquaintance, "She doesn't know she is female, and if she should glance down in the shower and see a set of balls she would only think, Dear, dear, how dusty things get in New York.
Approaching an acquaintance I haven't seen in a while I often say, "Nice to see you" (which is true).