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.
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Today, dude ranches remain common throughout the area and many accept guests.
— Caroline McKenzie, Country Living, 16 Nov. 2022 -
In this uplifting song, Pink advises us to love and accept ourselves no matter what.
— Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 27 Nov. 2022 -
Bukele will only accept those terms when the economy starts to struggle enough that Salvadorans feel it, per Castaneda.
— Ciara Nugent, Time, 25 Nov. 2022 -
The offering will be initially available in 32 states and doesn’t yet accept insurance, Amazon said.
— BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2022 -
Did Negan indeed accept Maggie's invitation to stick around?
— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2022 -
Also, if something doesn’t fit you anymore, accept the reality that the likelihood of your slimming down enough to wear it again is about as likely as that of the tread on your bald tires growing back.
— Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 24 Nov. 2022 -
Lillian Carter would accept them through the front entrance and into the living room, prompting her husband to quietly exit the house until the visitors were gone.
— Bill Marsh, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024 -
Uniting Arizona and Club Zeus accept donations from the community as well as volunteers.
— Ellie Willard, AZCentral.com, 27 Nov. 2022 -
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 -
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 -
The Emmy-winning actor, 26, was not present at the award show to accept the award.
— Doha Madani, NBC News, 11 Jan. 2023 -
There are people still there that don't agree and accept it, which is fine.
— Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2021 -
He’s met senior U.N., U.S. and other human rights officials, testified at public events, and accepted many media interviews.
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Dec. 2024
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