He started out staying with relatives, and ended up in the homes of vague acquaintances.

After Morse had left, the little man's eyes had caught hers almost as if she might have been a vague acquaintance.

In the evening, she mentions the disappearance to her husband, claiming Pegala was only a vague acquaintance.

He was a stranger, a vague acquaintance I had once known better.

I must admit that I have, up to now, used Facebook a lot, as a way of staying in touch with distant friends, vague acquaintances and local gossip.

Certainly he was not, staggering widdershins in the rain to an ancient folksong, knocking his worrystone against those of total strangers and vague acquaintances.

He tells his life story in a detached monotone, as if he were just some vague acquaintance he used to know.

Then he put the gun down and held up his huge white hand like he was waving to a vague acquaintance or taking an oath.

And-no wonder: he didn't have a single friend and only a few, very vague acquaintances.

Knowledge that every friend, colleague, or vague acquaintance who had accompanied Terrance Smith was either radioactive dust or lost to possession was hard to accept.