Example Sentences

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If we could at least have managed our domestic affairs and our internal administration, we could have acquainted ourselves with the processes and mechanics of public affairs.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

It was Percy who may have acquainted her with galvanism, which Frankenstein explicitly mentions as the key to reanimation in the 1831 edition.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 10, 2018

“Probably it is best for police officers to avoid using hand gestures until they have acquainted themselves with what they mean to the community members whom they serve.”

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2013

Scientific men have acquainted us with the history of the Potato fungus, and this may eventually result in as efficient a remedy as that which renewed the vineyards of France.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

One impediment is remov'd—I have acquainted your father with your attachment.

From The Nephews: A Play, in Five Acts. by Iffland, August Wilhelm