Example sentences for: familiarly

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

  • Nearby is Tokeiji, familiarly known as the “Divorce Temple,” which was unique as a sanctuary for the women of the warrior caste seeking an escape from unhappy marriages.

  • Because logophiles regularly ask about the progress of the Dictionary of American Regional English (familiarly known as DARE), I'd like to take the opportunity of VERBATIM's rebirth to bring you all up to date.

  • The ideal informant (INF) was a native and lifelong resident from an old local family, someone without much exposure to the outside world, who spoke regularly and familiarly with community members of all social ranks and occupations, who could remember precisely how all of them talked about their social, domestic, economic, and natural environments, and who would donate ten to twenty hours of free time to transmit all this information.

  • Its relatively stable bedrock can support earthquake-safe skyscrapers — foremost among them is the new Metropolitan Government Office, more familiarly known as Tokyo City Hall.

  • Yet a number of years ago, Auberon Waugh (familiarly called Bron, as the British are wont to do with public figures), the son of Evelyn Waugh, had a column in The Spectator in which he remarked: "We are all familiar with being in strange places and not knowing exactly where we are.


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