Example sentences for: bi-

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

  • We think of subterfuge and skulduggery to explain submulgery; coaxed by ensqualm, we recall ensnare, qualm, and squall; for bifaulgulate, ungulate and a host of words beginning with the prefix bi- come to mind.

  • In a similar vein, the National Aviation Museum at Rockcliffe Airport traces the history of aviation through the early flying machines, bi- and triplanes, and the great fighters of two world wars.

  • After the Conquest English remained robustly alive during a period of bi- and trilingualism: the invading Normans spoke a French dialect which became for a time the language of the kings and the nobility, while contemporary English was spoken by the indigenous population; Latin was the language of record and of the law in general, and so it remained for about two centuries after the Conquest, with English as a close second.

  • The Bi-Directionalists believe that language influences culture even as culture influences language; the other side avers it doesn't.

  • That captures the initial-letter sense of acronym but uses the combining form bi- signifying two (from the Latin bi- meaning twice or having two).


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