Example sentences for: idiomatic

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

  • I had already learnt that although there is no idiomatic way in English of asking such a question, it is very common in Malayalam and also, I think, in other Indian vernaculars.

  • However, students of a foreign language soon realize that to master it fully, it is not enough to know the grammatical structure and basic vocabulary: one must also memorize a fair number of phrases and idiomatic expressions and, as a further step, proverbs and sayings.

  • When I took my first foreign language in high school, I clearly remember being intolerantly amused by the peculiar way Spanish speakers say certain things, which I learned were called idiomatic expressions.

  • The Gage Canadian gives 15 distinct definitions for do, along with 10 common idiomatic phrases using it.

  • It is well known that the origins of many words still elude the most determined researchers in etymology, but, taken as a whole, I should imagine that the proportion of idiomatic expressions without confirmed etymologies may be higher than that of words whose provenance has not been established.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast