Sentence examples for conversant not from inspiring English sources

"You will need no introduction to the world's political and military leaders, and will begin - on day-one - fully conversant not only with the intricacies of U.S. policy, but with an understanding of the nuanced approach necessary," Menendez added.

Bialek and Botstein (2004) quote Galileo who wrote that "the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics" and suggest that biologists must become "conversant not only with the language of biology but also with the languages of mathematics, computation, and the physical sciences".

But it's impossible to read more than a few pages of Purity without concluding that Franzen is as familiar with the internet as the rest of us – that, despite the wariness he has expressed about technology, he is conversant in not just Twitter and Facebook, but also pet videos, "those revenge-on-the-cheating-boyfriend websites", and online pornography.

The only problem is many of the conversants haven't gotten it right in all the conversations!

The waitress, I soon realized, was not conversant in parent-speak.

For those not conversant in baby talk, that's: "Good luck, Grandma".

For instance, I'm not conversant in the cultural implications of Ashton Kutcher's Twitter presence, and I can name only one of the however-many Kardashians.

Now he zeroed in on the news in front of him, which was that the nominee for Education Secretary was not conversant in education policy.

Bowing to a torrent of criticism, the L.P.G.A. Tour dropped plans on Friday to suspend players who were not conversant in English by 2009.

For anyone not conversant with the French charts over the past 60 years, it's like something compiled for a joke by a committee involving Jeremy Clarkson and Nigel Farage.

My mother lies on a camp bed, pitifully doing her best, whatever her best may entail — I was not conversant with the niceties of childbirth when I first pictured this scene.