Sentence examples for sort of acquaintance from inspiring English sources
WHEN Jeryl Brunner, a writer in Manhattan, was in her 20s, she had a friend who was just the sort of acquaintance people scoop up in their social net when they are young and trying to carve out a life in a new city.
This can include some sort of acquaintance or companion who is understanding of your needs and takes you for who you are.
In their pre-Internet lives, these sorts of acquaintances would have quickly faded from their attention.
Inspired by Sellars, BonJour (1978 , 1985 presented the following dilemma for any foundationalist view that takes one's justification to consist in or depend essentially on some sort of awareness, acquaintance, or apprehension.
Sian Brewis for the Leicester Mercury also considered this nostalgia angle, but concluded that: "Jonathan Creek is the sort of auld acquaintance you're happy to see once a year – any more than that, you feel, and his mannerisms would start to grate".
I knew who she was, sort of like an acquaintance, we'd bump into each other, that sort of thing but we didn't really know each other at that point.
I went to Guitar Center to go get some strings for my guitar and ran into this little punk rock dude who I sort of was an acquaintance and out of nowhere he's like, 'Hey, Anna, do you want to come audition for our band?'.
Even those that I conversed with or had some sort of professional or acquaintance-type relationship with didn't seem to feel enthused about me.
An acquaintance of mine announced to his wife (as they lie together in sort-of post coital bliss) that he didn't think they were "well-suited" for each other anymore.
I had been warned that this sort of thing might happen; one acquaintance in Paris had told me, "Il est déstabilisateur né" — "He is a born destabilizer".
