vernacular

Example Sentences

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She owned a copy of Tyndale’s New Testament and backed appointees to the court who supported the idea of a vernacular Bible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

In his own vernacular, he "mogs" everyone he meets - he is so at the top of his game that he outshines everyone in his presence.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

It can be anything from a particular vernacular that they only employ when they’re deeply moved, or the way the light falls across a one-in-8-billion facial structure you could never have dreamed of.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

They’re hearty, warm, cheesy, creamy and indulgent — just a few words that are part of the season’s culinary vernacular.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Critics claimed the fair extinguished the Chicago School of architecture, an indigenous vernacular, and replaced it with a renewed devotion to obsolete classical styles.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson