How to Use versed in a Sentence

versed

adjective
  • The city is well-versed in honoring its past while giving new life to familiar places.
    Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
  • The bartenders are well versed in all the classics, but their original creations are tempting.
    Laura Itzkowitz, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Bergholm has a lot of fun with all these elements, and seasoned genre audiences — who are so very well versed in misdirection by now — should too.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
  • While Cherry is more versed at keeping her rage simmering just below the surface, Laura struggles to hide her anguish and disgust, which alarms those closest to her.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Subscribers pay a monthly fee, typically less than fifty dollars, in order to have access to low-cost or no-cost legal representation from attorneys who are well versed in firearms law.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In her second session, Marissa has become versed on multiple legislative topics, including higher education and health care.
    Mike Trautmann, Des Moines Register, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Gilmore is well versed in TPA after using it during his almost nine years as chief investment strategist at Australia’s Future Fund, then later as CIO of New Zealand’s Superannuation Fund, which is designed to help the government pay for retirements, from 2019 to 2024.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

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