Sentence examples for acquaintance about a from inspiring English sources

Unable to make rent on an Upper East Side apartment and kicked out of a subsequent place in Brooklyn, she learned from an acquaintance about a new kind of living arrangement: squatting.

Give your acquaintance about a week to respond.

"Many years ago, Senator Toomey was approached by an acquaintance about a new effort he was starting," Kwong said.

She mentions an acquaintance who invited about a dozen friends to her ski house in Utah and then invited her plastic surgeon to give everyone free consultations.

The idea for Valent came from Leigh Turner, former director of Internet engineering at CompuServe, who in the fall of 1997 told Mr. Benson, a business acquaintance, about his plan for a service that would help companies communicate internally.

Earlier this week, I asked a young acquaintance about the tuition charged for a school we were discussing.

"It's really hard to talk to friends or acquaintances about leaving a faith or joining a new faith without embarrassment.

[This week's question arose from a conversation with an acquaintance about the news on Monday that the Boy Scouts may eliminate its national ban on gays.] [UPDATE: On Feb. 6 the Scouts announced they are postponing the decision till May.] Send questions for Civil Behavior to [email protected]

On the lighter side, considering our tradition of discord, I shouldn't have been surprised when I casually asked an acquaintance about her Thanksgiving plans, and she answered with: "What a sad day Thanksgiving is". For the turkeys, she went on to clarify.

He elbowed her as she spoke for long minutes to an acquaintance about her interest in animal physiology.

Perez said that she heard from an acquaintance about Weinstein's behavior at the hotel in London and questioned Sciorra about what happened.