How to Use accept in a Sentence

accept

verb

• The store doesn't accept credit cards.
• They offered him the job, and he accepted it.
• They offered him the job, and he accepted.
• This treatment is now accepted by many doctors.
• They refused to accept his resignation.
• She's still trying to get her manuscript accepted for publication.
• They accepted some applications and rejected others.
• Watch your drink being prepared, do not leave your drink unattended and do not accept drinks or drugs from strangers.
  — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 10 Feb. 2023
• Wednesday Addams has to navigate a world that doesn’t always accept her.
  — Anthony Wong, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
• However, the unions said the railroad companies would not accept their offer.
  — Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
• This special report doesn’t offer, or accept, any excuses.
  — Edward Kiersh, SPIN, 11 Feb. 2023
• Leadership is about accepting responsibility not just when things are going well but also when things inevitably go wrong.
  — Topsie Vandenbosch, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
• If my dad had accepted my grandparents and extended family wanted to see us, their actual family, none of this would have happened.
  — Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
• The Cuban government canceled their landing permits and the U.S. would also not accept the passengers.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2023
• Her sister and Los Dinos member, Suzette Quintanilla, accepted the medal on her behalf.
  — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2024
• The story did the trick and got the seniors to accept the food.
  — al, 16 Sep. 2019
• The people in the program would have to accept the care.
  — Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2022
• The texts show Pence’s aide refused to accept the votes.
  — Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2022
• Most of us have a license from Africa, but the board here doesn’t accept it.
  — Jan Hefler, Philly.com, 13 July 2018
• Twist said her friends at the time counseled her to accept it.
  — Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2022
• Anything too large to fit in the back of a sedan can’t be accepted.
  — Corey Dockser, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
• The business helps nearly 1 million merchants around the world accept payments, processing more than 100 million transactions every day.
  — Jennifer Surane, Bloomberg.com, 13 Feb. 2023
• If the funds are accepted, a light on the top of the validator will turn green.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
• The district can accept cash or checks, but not gift cards.
  — Ramona Sentinel, 11 July 2018
• For a white youth to accept the brutal hypocrisies of the way things are is a rite of passage.
  — Darryl Pinckney, The New York Review of Books, 16 Mar. 2023
• Fill out the sign-up forms and accept all terms and conditions.
  — al, 22 Oct. 2022
• The system saw an image of a street sign—good enough, accept it and move on.
  — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 28 June 2019
• Gordon is the second suspect in the case to accept a plea deal.
  — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2018
• There are people still there that don't agree and accept it, which is fine.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2021
• And some of those appeals were accepted, and some were not.
  — Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024