vernacular

Example Sentences

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The excitement comes with its own vernacular, as “powder hounds” hit the slopes, looking for “fresh tracks” and “chasing pow.”

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

It can be anything from a particular vernacular that they only employ when they’re deeply moved, or the way the light falls across a one-in-8-billion facial structure you could never have dreamed of.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

They’re hearty, warm, cheesy, creamy and indulgent — just a few words that are part of the season’s culinary vernacular.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

The painting’s full-length figures, like those in Old Master official portraits, are here translated into a contemporary vernacular, with a radiant Aline Charigot, Renoir’s future wife, in the arms of his friend Paul Lhote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025

The dry vernacular of the science paper read: “The current data shows the need to text now may simply reflect the need to engage in a behavior that only has value in the short term.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel