Sentence examples for On acquaintance from inspiring English sources

On acquaintance, Eudora Welty seemed a nice little old lady with impeccable manners, an impression reinforced by her ugly but endearing froggy face.

Thus, for Russell and many other acquaintance theorists, even "knowledge by description" depends on acquaintance, and in more than one way.

The obvious question now is: if all knowledge is ultimately based on acquaintance, what is it we can be acquainted with, i.e. what are the legitimate objects of acquaintance?

And it doesn't improve on acquaintance.

In manner he was open, or affected openness, and was charming on acquaintance.

But the rewards are many, and tend to grow on acquaintance — to a point where the music is found, for some, addictive.

He now reveals an interest in Talmud and a hands-on acquaintance with the Internet.

But Mrs. Rosen, who lived for 17 more years, made a lasting impression on acquaintances still connected with the center.

There have been episodes on acquaintances — people somewhere between strangers and friends — and a phenomenon described as "laddish masculinity in higher education".

Unfortunately this is already the case: Americans overwhelmingly use their guns not on intruders, but on acquaintances, co-workers, friends, relatives or themselves.

In his early years, his occasional "character columns" featured a revolving cast of nicknames-only ne'er-do-wells ("Fat Thomas," a 475-pound bookie, was a regular) whom Mr. Breslin insisted were based on acquaintances of his.