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.
  • 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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