Example sentences for: informal

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

  • It seems unnecessary, when we have available terms like informal, colloquial, formal, nonstandard, literary, poetic , and even conversational (though I have never seen the last used), to come up with still another set of labels, but Jules Hook, the author of a number of responsible and useful works dealing with English, feels that FF and SWE (for `family and friends' and `standard written English,' respectively) tell the user something that he might not already know or feel about usages of borderline words.

  • I already miss my informal discussions with members of the Class of '90.

  • The paper underscores that Gen. Wiranto made his comments in informal talks with a U.N. delegation he was escorting around East Timor.

  • In late 1991 or 1992, discussions in Sudan between al Qaeda and Iranian operatives led to an informal agreement to cooperate in providing support-even if only training-for actions carried out primarily against Israel and the United States.

  • On the other hand, egg in the good/bad egg context is in, and I should not expect many dictionaries to label that sense (in contrast to the aerial bomb sense, which is slang) anything but Informal or, depending on their style, Colloquial .


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