Example Sentences

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I figured my job had acquainted me with all the varieties of grief.

From New York Times • May 7, 2022

Long before Jordan Spieth was burdened by constant attention, he had acquainted himself with lofty ambition.

From The Guardian • Jul. 11, 2015

My reading and discussions with a fellow scientist had acquainted me with the notions of an open society, convergence and world government.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here at last he showed that he had acquainted himself with Einstein’s theory–up to a point anyway: he gave it four pages out of about two hundred.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

Her Appalachian childhood had acquainted her with government assistance, and she was a whiz with the Medicaid forms.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides