be familiar

Example Sentences

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Sekiguchi said he expected people in China to use the Chinese-designed vehicle in a way that would be familiar to Americans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

While most people might be familiar with helium as a filler for balloons, the gas is used as a coolant, including in semiconductor manufacturing and MRI machines.

From Salon • Mar. 30, 2026

Some lines may be familiar: “The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation”; “Our life is frittered away by detail ... simplify, simplify!”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Many of the health and social issues The Pitt shines a light on will be familiar on both sides of the pond.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

I was watching two soldiers in the unfamiliar uniforms that were beginning, by then, to be familiar; they were standing idly beside the yellow-and-black-striped lift-up barrier.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood