10 sentences with “acquired”

Wisdom is a deep knowledge that is acquired throughout life.

A new site was acquired: Highland Park, with 24 hectares, on the outskirts of Detroit.

The police acquired a computer system in which they always have up-to-date data on criminals on hand.

He acquired mountain slopes with pine forests and, to transport it all to Dearborn, built his own Ford fleet.

Harry Bennett acquired control of this force sometime in the 1920s; after a purge, the department effectively became his own private army.

Similarly, all Roman aristocrats acquired their political power through military glory until the end of the republic, and even then military glory was all that was required for a man to achieve any kind of political importance.

Thus, priests in training who were fortunate enough to attend one of the best cathedral schools acquired a strong command of classical Latin and were aware of the high intellectual standards that had flourished in Rome's glory days.

The Romans quickly acquired a reputation for utter ruthlessness and even wanton cruelty, raping and/or killing the civilian inhabitants of conquered cities, enslaving thousands of people and, in some cases, completely annihilating entire populations.

Nero (r. 54 - 68 CE) was another Julian who acquired a terrible historical reputation; although he was quite popular during his early years as emperor, he eventually succumbed to a Caligula-like tendency to have elite Romans (including his domineering mother) killed.

His own poetry and writings became so popular among other educated people that he deserves great personal credit for having brought about the Renaissance itself; following Petrarch, the idea that the classical world could be "reborn" in northern Italy acquired great popularity and cultural force.