How to Use on a first-name basis in a Sentence

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• In fact, many of them are now on a first-name basis with him.
  — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 4 Feb. 2022
• Diana wasn’t just on a first-name basis with the world.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Aug. 2022
• Grimes and her 16-month-old son, X Æ A-Xii, are on a first-name basis.
  — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2021
• And when heads of state came to Capitol Hill, many were on a first-name basis with Biden.
  — Deirdre Shesgreen, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2020
• Despite being on a first-name basis with their car, the three friends couldn’t get inside.
  — Sarah Donaldson, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2022
• Copeland left Saban’s office years ago on a first-name basis.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 14 Sep. 2021
• Most folks in the good old days shopped from a preferred store and were on a first-name basis with the store owners, checkout clerks and even the security guards.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 June 2022
• The cafe had only been opened a few months when the pandemic hit and Canadians who were just getting to know the staff on a first-name basis fled home.
  — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2021
• Outreach teams and case managers who regularly visit the area know many there on a first-name basis.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2023
• Butler, 42, was born in small-town Magnolia, Miss. — also the birthplace of Britney Spears’ mom — in a family that knew hardship on a first-name basis.
  — Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2021
• Her high-octane persona is legendary among diplomats in Morocco and researchers worldwide – from America to Israel and across the Arab world – who know her on a first-name basis.
  — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 June 2020
• What’s more, the staff are already on a first-name basis with many of the customers, who are also regulars at the Federmans’ adjoining restaurant, the Xetava Cafe.
  — Mark Eddington, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 July 2023
• The 61-year-old custodian had been cleaning bathrooms, classrooms, labs and offices there for more than two decades, and was on a first-name basis with many of the psychology professors and staff who worked there.
  — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2022
• The captains of the science club, the kids on a first-name basis with the school librarian, often spotted studying something, (even after homework was completed).
  — Laurel Donnellan, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• Disney’s government affairs staff is on a first-name basis with most of the state’s powerful lawmakers and has a direct line to the governor’s office, lawmakers said.
  — Robbie Whelan, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2022
• Between them, McLarty and Rutherford seemingly are on a first-name basis with everyone in Arkansas.
  — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2020
• Malley, who deliberates with the intensity of a lawyer but is soft-spoken in person, was on a first-name basis with his Iranian counterparts.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 27 Dec. 2021
• The decision was centered on her grandmother, who has dementia and whose mental state is quickly declining, said Emily, who agreed to speak only on a first-name basis so that her friends wouldn’t find out about her plans.
  — Marisa Iati, Star Tribune, 8 Nov. 2020
• There was a time when there were so few of us associated with Republican candidates in Arkansas that everyone knew each other on a first-name basis.
  — Rex Nelson, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021

Last Updated: 18 Jan 2025