Sentence examples for acquaintances by from inspiring English sources

"He surprised a wide swath of friends and even acquaintances by asking them what he should do," Isaacson writes.

Our parents were only acquaintances by then, having gone their separate ways after the weeks of forced intimacy.

"We played similar games, declared the most obscure objects treasure, and often puzzled friends and acquaintances by our indefinable devotion".

Mr. Blodget asked Facebook to develop new friendship levels that would let users sort their acquaintances by degree of separation.

"Most of us have connected with the vast majority of our old friends, colleagues and acquaintances by now," he said, thanks to social networks like Facebook.

But friendly does not mean informal: it is best not to address your business acquaintances by their first names until invited to do so.

Open a door for her or introduce her to new friends and acquaintances when one goes by.

He remembers taking hold of his acquaintance by the arm and neck.

Roth and Bellow had developed something of a friendly acquaintance by the time "The Ghost Writer" was published, in 1979.

How bad is it to check Facebook in a head-mounted display so as not to offend an acquaintance by momentarily being unable to place him?

A splash of glamour is added when Sophia Loren, an acquaintance by way of the Geneva social circuit, christens M.S.C.'s new cruise ships.