acquaintanceship

Example Sentences

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Our acquaintanceship didn’t start on a promising note.

From Washington Post • Jul. 22, 2022

But it was not until after they bumped into each other on a Washington sidewalk, in 2014, and agreed to get together that their acquaintanceship turned into a romance.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2018

Should I let him know how much his invitation meant to me, or should I just let this acquaintanceship be what it is?

From Slate • May 7, 2018

"There was no impropriety whatsoever in my acquaintanceship with Miss Keeler."

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2017

Remote cousins and family friends whom mere acquaintanceship invested with a sort of blood obligation noblesse oblige.

From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner