How to Use fluent in a Sentence

fluent

adjective

• Most of all, Young Love is fluent in the archive of Black sitcoms.
  — WIRED, 28 Sep. 2023
• 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
• Before that, asking more fluent friends to help get the phrasing and flow right was the norm.
  — Chris Lee, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
• My great-grandma Lily, the one that I’m named after, was a fluent speaker.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2024
• At the book’s beginning, Mr. Chisholm has a little French but is not quite fluent.
  — Benjamin Shull, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2022
• Curley is the first speaker since 2014 to be fluent in Navajo, and has emphasized the need to learn and speak the language.
  — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 11 Feb. 2023
• At the time there were eight or 10 fluent speakers remaining.
  — Christine Kenneally, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
• By this point, Manuel was fluent in the politics of Canada’s First Nations.
  — Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
• The reason why this is so difficult is because all of the menus have to be usable and feel fluent with any one of the control methods.
  — Grant Stoner, WIRED, 28 Dec. 2022
• The airline’s ground staff in Helsinki are fluent in the region’s native languages.
  — Patricia Cohen Juho Kuva, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
• Bout, fluent in at least six languages, has been in custody since his 2008 arrest in Thailand.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2022
• If the couple was fluent in each other’s native language, what was their language of love?
  — Eric V. Copage, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2023
• Emma Thompson, speaking in fluent Italian to journalists, spoke of her love of the city.
  — Douglas Greenwood, Vogue, 31 Aug. 2023
• As a result of the grant, the college also offers resources to students who aren’t fluent in English at no cost.
  — Katie Mogg, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
• The Bruins now have hired three head coaches, including Jim Montgomery, each of whom is fluent in French.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2023
• This time, Pimentel offered to pay Borjas, who was more fluent in English, to tag along on the search for a Gulfstream and to inspect the aircraft for the cartel.
  — Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 28 June 2023
• Manwaring has been based in China since 2006 and is fluent in Mandarin.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 12 Dec. 2022
• As with the crew in the boat, Clooney and his collaborators achieve something fluent when everyone’s in sync.
  — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Dec. 2023
• Abdel-Maguid is also fluent in Japanese and has lived in Tokyo.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 20 Oct. 2022
• The sisters speak fluent Japanese and sometimes switch to the language, in a loud tone, to confuse opponents.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
• Her students have been able to sound out words, but connecting the words to understand the meaning of a text in a more fluent way has been more difficult.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 26 July 2023
• The Queen was fluent in French and made several public speeches in French while visiting the country.
  — Ben Morse and Xiaofei Xu, CNN, 19 Sep. 2022
• My favorite record of an animal voyage is a book that’s fluent in failure.
  — Yael Martínez, New York Times, 21 Sep. 2022
• On the far right was another cousin, named George Washington, who spoke fluent Spanish.
  — Emily Lordi, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2023
• Roach first came to the fashion world’s attention as the stylist to Zendaya and Celine Dion, ushering a new era of runway-fluent, over-the-top celebrity style.
  — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Nov. 2022
• Born and raised in Miami, Benitez is fluent in both English and Spanish.
  — ABC News, 16 May 2023
• Curley will be the first speaker to speak fluent Navajo since former Johnny Naize resigned in 2014.
  — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
• There was a nurse who spoke fluent Portuguese who helped Brazilian travelers.
  — Terrence McCoy, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2024
• As of now, many residents do not speak the language, and those who do are often second-language speakers and are not fluent, Toovak said.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2023
• That the dialog with those in front of her camera was so fluent is likely due, in no small part, to her generosity of spirit.
  — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024