This can also be achieved using '%': your_dict = { "some": "awesome", "from": "out of", "dictionary": "mapping", } "insert %(some)s values %(

This can also be achieved using '%': your_dict = { "some": "awesome", "from": "out of", "dictionary": "mapping", } "insert %(some)s values %(from)s a %(dictionary)s" % your_dict WRT .format, '%' is safer to use with untrusted (well, semi-trusted) format strings, whereas .format can lead to code injection (in more insidious ways than with f-strings).