vocabulary

Example Sentences

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My wife requested a flashcard tool so she could drill her French vocabulary, with the ability to add and edit multiple word lists.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Filmed in front of a green screen in one of the rooms of her San Diego home, De León’s videos aim at helping young children learn vocabulary for specific real-life situations.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

By the time he was running Mediacom, Commisso, the boy who came to the U.S. unable to speak English, had long since become a man with a colorful, high-decibel vocabulary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Fairfield Superintendent of Schools Michael Testani summoned a different vocabulary word, declaring the event had been canceled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Except when she used the few actual words in her vocabulary, like “bottle,” “mommy,” and “bite,” most people had trouble understanding what it was that Sunny was saying.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket