How to Use acquaintance in a Sentence

acquaintance

noun
  • She struck up an acquaintance with a man from the city.
  • While he has some acquaintance with the subject, he is not an expert.
  • She ran into an old acquaintance at the grocery store.
  • He seemed cold at first, but on closer acquaintance I realized that he was just shy.
  • The acquaintance reached across and took hold of my wrist to kiss me.
    — Abigail Jones, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2018
  • No one has the right to touch an acquaintance if asked not to do it.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 20 Mar. 2022
  • When the bout starts, stress feels like an old acquaintance, not a threat.
    — Aslak De Silva, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • These aren’t close friends, just acquaintances.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Two people were struck in the head with a glass by an acquaintance.
    — Washington Post, 21 July 2021
  • Most of its current users are friends and acquaintances of the founders.
    — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Mona started to hear of acquaintances who’d been killed or lost limbs.
    — Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 12 May 2024
  • Three men followed a male and an acquaintance, robbed the male and shot him.
    — Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Rowe is an acquaintance of the girls' mother, court records show.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The acquaintance then ran back to the vehicle and the two males drove off.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 20 Mar. 2018
  • There are so many friends, acquaintances and even strangers that have shown care and concern since day one.
    — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The acquaintance returned the car to the man later the next day.
    — cleveland, 6 Nov. 2020
  • And right on cue, one more old basketball acquaintance put in a call.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2021
  • The man pulled out a knife and pushed the acquaintance down an embankment.
    — Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2019
  • And Ziggy made lots of acquaintances over the past nine decades.
    — M.l. Elrick, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The lender, an acquaintance, would have to be paid one way or another.
    — Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 11 June 2020
  • Maybe the second text feels stiff, like it was written by an acquaintance.
    — Laura Aull, The Conversation, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Prince Philip was a friend—or at least an acquaintance—of Ward's.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 3 Nov. 2022
  • In other ways, the two of them are much more like people of my acquaintance than like me.
    — Oliver Munday, The Atlantic, 23 July 2021
  • The other group was asked to think about a distant acquaintance.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 7 Apr. 2022
  • An acquaintance had gotten a vaccine that way, the friend said.
    — Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The acquaintance expressed anger that Farzam had used the weapon.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
  • All three men are close acquaintances and members of the Baha’i faith.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2025
  • The club is a place to gather with friends or business acquaintances to have drinks and small bites.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The author had told him about a new writer acquaintance.
    — Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Breaking ground with a new acquaintance?
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 14 May 2026

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