How to Use vocabulary in a Sentence

vocabulary

noun

• She has learned a lot of new vocabulary.
• Reading helped to expand her vocabulary.
• The Internet has given us a whole new vocabulary.
• He has a somewhat limited vocabulary.
• The word ‘lesbian’ wasn’t even a part of the vocabulary.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 19 Feb. 2023
• Things that wouldn’t have been in the CIA’s vocabulary not so long ago.
  — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 12 May 2021
• At the same time, the vocabulary isn’t trite, and there aren’t too many proper names.
  — New York Times, 29 May 2022
• This is a move on the part of the far left to slip into the moral vocabulary of this country, free this, free that.
  — Fox News, 18 July 2018
• Maybe there will be some more trades that force Woj to flex his vocabulary a bit more.
  — Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 20 June 2019
• If anything, the birds’ colorful vocabulary helps keep the mood light and fun amid all the doom and gloom in the world, says Nichols.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
• So the Church would propose, and in a vocabulary that the people of the modern world could hear and engage.
  — George Weigel, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
• Dressy clogs may not be in your footwear vocabulary just yet, but these shoes will change your mind.
  — Aemilia Madden, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Sep. 2022
• That was just part of our vocabulary back in those early days and those shows were great.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 21 Oct. 2021
• For most people, the idea of a new language is simply a new vocabulary, but that’s not the case.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2021
• By the age of four, the average vocabulary has ballooned to more than 1,000 words.
  — Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
• The phrase has become such a part of the vocabulary that for many its origins have been obscured.
  — JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
• The mission of the school was so new and so foreign that there wasn’t a neutral vocabulary to describe it.
  — Peg Tyre, BostonGlobe.com, 13 June 2019
• But in between the tail whips and howls of despair, dogs have a whole vocabulary for their emotions.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 2 June 2024
• The fact that one can play around with a vocabulary of shapes that truly belong to Hermès . .
  — Vogue, 3 July 2018
• What's unclear whether the new words, acronyms and terms will have short shelf lives or become ingrained in the vocabulary.
  — Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY, 5 June 2020
• The vocabulary created over that week became a huge part of the language that has made it into the show.
  — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2023
• Part of that comes from learning how to give answers and finding the right vocabulary.
  — Time For Kids, Time, 7 Aug. 2019
• And while her vocabulary keeps getting better, there’s still a ways to go.
  — Liz McNeil, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
• That state now places its trust in the force of arms, and so must resort to the vocabulary of a police state, as in South Africa or Algeria.
  — Jordan Castro, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
• The world of books has played a notable role in the history of English vocabulary.
  — David Crystal june 27, Literary Hub, 27 June 2025
• Though the findings show there are not many parts of Utah’s vocabulary that are unique to Utah, there are a few, Eddington said.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Aug. 2023
• When confronted with such wealth, the word no is not in their vocabulary.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 May 2022
• Don’t let the sister fool you, the Ramblers’ fan base has a Chicago vocabulary.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2021
• Hearing that vocabulary and hearing their sense of assurance clicked something in me.
  — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025
• The cataclysmic effect of her unexpected arrival suggests that soon her vocabulary will expand to include more such ominous language.
  — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 14 Aug. 2025