How to Use bilingual in a Sentence

bilingual

adjective
  • She grew up in a bilingual community.
  • Several of the employees are bilingual.
  • The town has an excellent bilingual education program.
  • He is bilingual in English and Japanese.
  • The kids were raised to be bilingual.
    — Julie Tremaine, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Many young people long to be bilingual.
    — Angelique Alvarez Martinez, Mercury News, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The goal was to find bilingual students who could lead new troops and help at scout camps.
    — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • As someone who’s bilingual like yourself, what’s your take on it?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Something that came in handy during his time on the job was being bilingual.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2023
  • There’s a Spanish mode, too, which makes this a great gift for bilingual children.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 11 July 2023
  • Her bilingual background will also play a role in creating the line.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 7 Sep. 2018
  • Lopez celebrated the news with a bilingual message for all his fans.
    — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 18 May 2020
  • The bilingual animal rescuer had pledged to text her when she was adopted.
    — Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • But not all regions have equal access to bilingual care workers, Gelatt said.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There will be a large number of bilingual workers, the bureau reports.
    — Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2020
  • His next book, a take on Miami’s sinking, will be bilingual, too.
    — Cassie Owens, Philly.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The street signs are bilingual in Hancock, just across a shipping canal from Houghton.
    — Jay Jones, chicagotribune.com, 1 June 2018
  • Hire bilingual liaisons or local team members.
    — Adam Shaw, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Its people are bilingual, and its soldiers speak the language of the invader as well as their own.
    — Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Some bus drivers will be bilingual, Kramer said, and those who aren’t will be equipped with translation apps.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
  • This helps explain why children who grow up bilingual often sound native in both languages.
    — Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
  • After six months there, she was versed in Spanish and is now bilingual and speaks fluently.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The Rushdie event will be bilingual, while the two other panels are in Spanish.
    — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The bilingual surveys were conducted over the phone — via landline and cell phones — as well as online.
    — Nic Garcia, The Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Many of the staff members are bilingual in Spanish and English.
    — Roxanne De La Rosa, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2022
  • In Spanish, the line is gendered, as any bilingual Alcaraz zealot may point out.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026
  • The band is unusual in that its songs’ lyrics are bilingual — a mix of English and French.
    — Sarah Bonnette | Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The district now employs 10 pre-K teachers, three of which are bilingual.
    — Carissa Lamkahouan, Houston Chronicle, 13 July 2020
  • One of them, Alex, was bilingual, so his job became to tutor me for half an hour every day in French.
    — Celina Caesar-Chavannes, refinery29.com, 28 Jan. 2021
  • The bilingual manager was able to bond with the entire clubhouse in ways Green never could.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2020

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