How to Use bilingual in a Sentence
bilingual
adjective- She grew up in a bilingual community.
- Several of the employees are bilingual.
- The town has an excellent bilingual education program.
- He is bilingual in English and Japanese.
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The value of having a generation of children that are bilingual will enrich our future.
— Madeleine Parrish, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2024 -
These banking centers would include a bilingual staff to non-English speaking customers.
— Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 26 Oct. 2021 -
In 2014, Fadila also founded a new bilingual preschool for ages two to four in Tira.
— Allison Norlian, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021 -
Different Ogawas address us directly, talking about the fears of being a bilingual mother raising kids who might not follow their lead.
— Helen Shaw, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021 -
Listeners discovered a young bilingual songwriter and vocalist unafraid of being delicate in sound and verse.
— Brenda Barrientos, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2021 -
Schnitzer has introduced pop-up story times, including bilingual ones, at laundromats and health clinics, to entertain children while their parents or guardians attend to business.
— Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2021 -
Its proponents are concerned that a bilingual person could be hired in preference to one speaking only French, putting Francophones at a disadvantage.
— The New York Times, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2021 -
There’s a Spanish mode, too, which makes this a great gift for bilingual children.
— Melissa Willets, Parents, 11 July 2023 -
Many of the staff members are bilingual in Spanish and English.
— Roxanne De La Rosa, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2022 -
Something that came in handy during his time on the job was being bilingual.
— John Benson, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2023 -
The artist blends melodic hip-hop and R&B with Latin grooves, creating bilingual bangers to fill your night.
— Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023 -
Over the same period, support for bilingual signs rose from 51% to 56%.
— Chris Lau, CNN, 29 July 2023 -
Jacobo Rivera and the rest of the La Voz team have focused their efforts on bilingual households and areas in Phoenix.
— Greg Burton and P. Kim Bui, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2022 -
Fubo TV also has bilingual viewing options for the World Cup.
— Solcyre Burga, Time, 19 Nov. 2022 -
Of the four Hodoyan children, Alex was the only one who wasn’t fully bilingual — the only one who didn’t go to school in San Diego.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2022 -
The late night host has authored a bilingual picture book with Lopez that aims to teach children words in Spanish.
— Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2022 -
On the other side of the United States, Ms. Rezai and her father were the only members of the family who were bilingual.
— Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2023 -
Its people are bilingual, and its soldiers speak the language of the invader as well as their own.
— Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2022 -
Hitchcock also praised the St. Cloud center for its bilingual staff.
— Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Dec. 2022 -
Both the hotline and website are bilingual in English and Spanish.
— Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2022 -
Longman was raised bilingual in French and English and speaks Arabic.
— ABC News, 1 Dec. 2022 -
At just 4 years old, Adonis was already bilingual, thanks to Brussaux, who hails from France.
— Ellie Beeck, Peoplemag, 13 Feb. 2023 -
Michaels said some staffers are bilingual, able to speak English and Spanish or English and Creole.
— Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2023 -
After six months there, she was versed in Spanish and is now bilingual and speaks fluently.
— Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024 -
Round up the homies, lather on the sunblock and pack that reusable water bottle for this bilingual beach cleanup.
— Kamren Curiel, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2023 -
For bilingual households, 46% said they were not contacted.
— Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
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