How to Use fluent in a Sentence
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But to be clear, Jean was not fluent.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
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To do this, all of us need to become fluent.
—Jennifer Jordan-Saifi, Time, 28 Apr. 2026
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Brands that last are fluent in change but anchored in truth.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
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The Red Birds were quick on the page and fluent with the language.
—Beth Thames | [email protected], al, 26 Feb. 2020
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People are more well versed and more fluent in the language of mental health.
—Matt Villano, CNN, 18 Aug. 2021
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Queiroz is fluent in the language of healing in which the sport likes to speak about itself.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022
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Before that, asking more fluent friends to help get the phrasing and flow right was the norm.
—Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
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Some of us are fluent in Kreyòl, and some of us only know slips of our mother tongue.
—Michelle Weber, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2024
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His accountant was not deal fluent.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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When asked who was fluent in Spanish, a little more than half the class raised their hands.
—David Culver, CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
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Prada convinced with its fluent wardrobe.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
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Many people of East Asian descent may be fluent in this code.
—Brian X. Chen, New York Times, 24 July 2019
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Do the background research and ask the questions to be deep and fluent in your topic.
—Jim Vandehei, Axios, 21 Nov. 2024
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Make sure someone in your party is fluent in pop-culture to serve as the judge and jury.
—Heather Hall, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 June 2019
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All of the siblings spoke fluent Italian.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
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The best are fluent in the differing languages of music and dance.
—Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2020
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But his client, who grew up on the West Coast, speaks fluent English.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
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Nick Castellanos, who is fluent in Spanish, saw it and stopped him.
—Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 10 June 2021
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The person with whom Miller spoke on the phone didn’t speak fluent English.
—Terrell Jermaine Starr, The Root, 21 Feb. 2018
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Many agents spoke fluent Spanish, which came in handy as the team worked their way through a list of six targets.
—Brittny Mejia, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
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So much so that consumers who once knew nothing about masks now are fluent in the finest points of mask fit, function and style.
—Sayanti Basu, Forbes, 5 May 2021
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The firms winning global market share aren’t just fluent in finance.
—Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
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Newson is more fluent in the ecosphere of social media, podcasts and the like.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Most of all, Young Love is fluent in the archive of Black sitcoms.
—WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
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Tingler is a fluent Spanish speaker as well.
—Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
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The young queen was an adept linguist, fluent in both English and German.
—Chanel Vargas, Town & Country, 4 Jan. 2018
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Many new hires will arrive fluent in tools but light on interpretation.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Surovtsev, who is fluent in English, does not speak or read Ukrainian.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 19 Oct. 2025
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Faculty fluent enough to lead were waiting on committees that moved at a fraction of their speed.
—Shannon McKeen, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
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And everyone deserves to be fluent.
—John Hope Bryant, Time, 23 June 2026
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