How to use "acquaintance" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "acquaintance" in popular movie and book plots

  • They arrive at the farm of Jinjur, who renews her acquaintance with them and sends to the Emerald City for help.  - The Tin Woodman of Oz
  • Meanwhile, Jack and the Sawhorse arrive at the Emerald City and make the acquaintance of His Majesty the Scarecrow.  - The Marvelous Land of Oz
  • Vimes begins investigating the dragon's appearances, which leads to an acquaintance with Sybil Ramkin, a breeder of swamp dragons.  - Guards! Guards!
  • The acquaintance adds a short preface of his own and then has the manuscript published.  - Steppenwolf (novel)
  • On his first acquaintance with Kate, the latter realises she will have to pretend to be 'common' to get Marlow to woo her.  - She Stoops to Conquer
  • Raoul, along with an old acquaintance of Erik's, known as The Persian, attempt to rescue her but are trapped Erik's torture.  - The Phantom of the Opera
  • After the death of a fellow astronaut, he nurtures a close acquaintance with a young religious woman named Riquinni Nonderaiko.  - Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise
  • At the concert, Wayne and Garth make the acquaintance of the bodyguard of Frankie Sharpe, producer of Sharpe Records.  - Wayne's World (film)
  • Tony meets an acquaintance from the University of Cambridge, Charles Alexander "C".  - Dial M for Murder
  • Fellow passenger and cattle buyer Wirt Roddy (Montagu Love) makes her acquaintance and tells her the wind usually drives women crazy.  - The Wind (1928 film)
  • An acquaintance from college, Gavin Elster, asks Scottie to follow his wife, Madeleine, claiming that she is in some sort of danger.  - Vertigo (film)
  • He goes to Acapulco and waits, eventually striking up an acquaintance with her.  - Out of the Past
  • Ben's violence becomes more and more random until he kills an acquaintance in front of his girlfriend and friends during a birthday dinner.  - Man Bites Dog (film)
  • When she asks an acquaintance what he could do with $10,000, he assures her he could double it overnight.  - The Cheat (1915 film)
  • Their tent mate is Cadet White, but their acquaintance is all too brief; White is killed in an air crash the same day.  - Wings (1927 film)
  • He takes shelter in a nearby house that turns out to belong to dr Kemp, a former acquaintance from medical school.  - The Invisible Man

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