INFORMAL in a Sentence

Learn INFORMAL from example sentences, some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

For INFORMAL, below is one of 420 sentences:
Some passers-by informed him that the man and child of whom he was in search had gone towards the forest in the direction of Gagny.

Free Online Vocabulary Test
K12, SAT, GRE, IELTS, TOEFL
 Input your word:
Want to search a word in classic works?
Search Classic Quotes
 Meanings and Examples of INFORMAL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
informal
 a.  not formal or official; absence of ceremony
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  She was dining with Mrs. Fisher, who had gathered at an informal feast a few of the performers of the previous evening.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 13
2  He proposed an informal exhibition match to advertise the association; he suggested that Carol and himself, the Haydocks, the Woodfords, and the Dillons play doubles, and that the association be formed from the gathered enthusiasts.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
3  Down they went, feeling a trifle timid, for they seldom went to parties, and informal as this little gathering was, it was an event to them.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THREE
4  The audience behaved indecorously, as if the concert were an informal dress rehearsal.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A MOTHER
5  Mr. Watkins, and hustled off to a small informal reception, arranged in honour of the visitor by the people of his race.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVII.
6  The first I shall mention, relates to informers.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI.
7  Now you talk against the Irish informers.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
8  For the one discouraged informers and gave heart to those who were disposed to conspire, the other prepared an easy road to his own death, or rather was prime mover in a conspiracy against himself.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
9  I was informed that the very religious Knights of Malta never fail to make this search when they take any Turkish prisoners of either sex.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XI
10  I was informed of your passage at Bordeaux, where I left faithful Cacambo and the old woman, who are to follow me very soon.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXII
11  I have been informed of the frightful disasters that befell the family of my lady Baroness, and the fair Cunegonde.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In XXIV
12  The messenger himself was a very clever member of the police, who, in two words, informed Javert of what had taken place at Arras.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III—JAVERT SATISFIED
13  Some passers-by informed him that the man and child of whom he was in search had gone towards the forest in the direction of Gagny.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER X—HE WHO SEEKS TO BETTER HIMSELF MAY RENDER HIS S...
14  When Marius became a lawyer, he informed his grandfather of the fact in a letter which was cold but full of submission and respect.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER I—MARIUS INDIGENT
15  In truth, he would have been very much amazed if he had been informed that they were women.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER I—THE SOBRIQUET: MODE OF FORMATION OF FAMILY NAME...
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  He hastened to assure us that the press would not be informed.
17  This professional year helps students to relate theory to practice and later to make more informed career choices.
18  We cannot release the names of the soldiers who were killed until we have informed their next of kin.
19  The name of the dead man will not be released until his relatives have been informed.
20  There needs to be a properly informed public debate.
21  The Chinese respondents were quite well informed the three main routes of infection: unprotected sex, dirty needles, and mother-to-child transmission.
22  He informed that his resignation was effective immediately and never back office once more.
23  The meeting of the United Nations General Assembly was marked with such acerbity that informed sources held out little hope of reaching any useful settlement of the problem.
24  In answer to my inquiries, she informed me it was a covering for the altar of a new church lately erected.
25  The US government agency responsible for classifying viruses, the Centre for Disease Control, says it was in the process of deciding whether to change the strain's classification when it was informed that it had been widely circulated.
26  With all respect, you have made yourself abundantly clear in an informed and articulate manner.
27  The big tobacco companies have always insisted that they provide customers with enough detail to make an informed decision.
28  I have some information you may be able to use.
29  She accused them of leaking confidential information about her private life.
30  RAM stores information for immediate access.