acquaintance

Example Sentences

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Neighbors and acquaintances began asking for the sisters’ help.

From Literature

“I thought a lot about how to bring people together: How do you make a new friend, a new acquaintance, without just talking about the weather?” she says.

From Los Angeles Times

Since making his acquaintance, Duane had soon realized that spending hours studying himself was the musk ox’s favorite activity.

From Literature

The third choice is to stay in contact — with or without repaying the $1,000 — and manage him as you would a busybody neighbor or annoying acquaintance who wants to be closer than you are.

From MarketWatch

But the importance of hanging out with people in person, those loose acquaintances, that’s where so much of the magic happens.

From Los Angeles Times