Example Sentences

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The Covid-19 pandemic has familiarized the world with the word “spillover,” which means when microbes in the bodies of animals spread into those of humans.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2022

Wells said he has familiarized himself by studying film of the new league.

From Washington Post

He cannot find the time to master them now, but he has familiarized himself with the career of Washington and considers it his principal duty to see that others do so also.

From Time Magazine Archive

Science has familiarized men with the idea of development, taking effect practically in persistent gradual amelioration of the estate of our common humanity.

From Democracy and Education: an introduction to the philosophy of education by Dewey, John

The Spartans had virtue, just like highwaymen, inquisitors and all classes of men whom habit has familiarized with a species of crime, to the point of committing them without remorse.

From Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire