English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Acquire" in Example Sentences
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2245595	I acquired it.	CK	1
303540	He acquired American citizenship.	CM	1
280616	Reading is the kind of habit that once acquired is never lost.	Zifre	1
1655632	It's an acquired taste.	Spamster
300805	He acquired French quickly.	CM
301275	He acquired a large fortune.	CM
293374	He acquired Russian quickly.	CM
31803	Meg acquired many new friends.	CM
28635	A bad habit is easily acquired.	CM
285031	He acquired the habit of smoking.	CK
294972	He acquired the habit of snacking.	CK
312119	She acquired a knowledge of French.	CK
28634	One acquires bad habits very easily.	CM
299124	He acquired French when he was young.	CK
292685	He acquired some knowledge about Ben.	CM
312674	She acquired the knowledge of English.	CK
302483	He acquired education late in his life.	CK
294054	He acquired the ability to speak English.	CK
20954	That which is easily acquired is easily lost.	Zifre
2264442	We acquired the property when our uncle died.	sharptoothed
33898	Perry has acquired the habit of thinking aloud.	CM
50369	I managed to acquire two tickets for the concert.	CM
278023	I managed to acquire the book after a long search.	CM
753495	You might not like this beer at first.  It's an acquired taste.	kebukebu
644323	You have to acquire real skills, not just superficial knowledge.	blay_paul
320851	My mother acquired her knowledge of English in the United States.	CK
2264154	After playing tennis all summer, I've acquired considerable skill.	sharptoothed
1316817	In these two or three years, he acquired a large amount of wealth.	CM
391759	Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.	Scott
269874	The most valuable skill one can acquire is the ability to think for oneself.	CK
40802	The millionaire insisted on acquiring the masterpiece no matter how much it cost.	CM
562881	Someone told me that Albert Einstein said, "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen. "	CK
1230633	If a person has not had a chance to acquire his target language by the time he's an adult, he's unlikely to be able to reach native speaker level in that language.	alec