Sentence examples for acquired a bit of from inspiring English sources

Border officers, once a beleaguered force overwhelmed by illegal flows, have acquired a bit of swagger.

His vibrato has acquired a bit of a wobble, but he still sings with commanding sound, great style and vitality.

She worked for low rates at first, she says, but eventually acquired "a bit of a reputation" and was able to organize a group.

Kennedy has acquired a bit of a reputation as an easy mark on Capitol Hill ― at least among the press.

In between I went back to playing chess to get the money to pay for a school like that and I acquired a bit of a stalker.

Chelsea might gain off the pitch from the association,  acquire a bit of ballast in the markets of Asia and the Orient.

It's not long before you acquire a bit of an attitude about how to do things right; I enjoy taking the lift to a floor with guards, and as the button tings for my arrival, the lights go off.

What they don't want is affluent Westerners telling them -- strangely, at the very moment that some developing countries are finally starting to acquire a bit of real economic power -- what a terrible thing the modern world is.

According to Drummond: "There's a lot of discussion now about how the air in Hanoi is very bad, how the city is very polluted, that it's full of garbage … It's beginning to acquire a bit of a sense of dangerousness, of toxicity".

This means that sexual content is a way for non-mainstream directors to show that they're serious about what they're doing, and for film-makers closer to the mainstream, like Joseph Gordon-Levitt, to acquire a bit of edgy cachet".

Everyone who acquires a bit of health-related insight and skill power can say thanks by paying it forward.