Example sentences for: acronyms

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

  • Yoo would like to hear from readers who have heard or seen outrageous abbreviations or acronyms.

  • In an earlier issue of VERBATIM writers have commented on what have come to be called bacronyms, names of companies, products, charities, and other institutions that have been chosen solely because their acronyms yield words that are pronounceable, meaningful, or both.

  • In this era of comparative genomics, it is no longer tenable to use acronyms for genes and their gene products that differ from organism to organism.

  • Highlighting is a natural and favored component, as in the fondness for abbreviations, acronyms, capital letters, telescoping, emoticons, interjections, and other striking visual devices, not to mention their frequently slangy ( plunk I just put you in my killfile) or vulgar ( RTFM Read the fucking manual) content, as well as onomatopoeic renditions ( bang common spoken name for !).

  • The most common flag for acronyms is, as one would expect, initially .


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