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.
• And yet there is a line, one that is almost inconceivable, even to the men who accept the risks and the fans who celebrate them for it.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2023
• Finally, Murphy took to the stage to accept his award, to thunderous crowd applause.
  — Rivea Ruff, Essence, 10 Jan. 2023
• Some Sephardic communities may not accept conversion at all.
  — Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
• Do some research and see if there are therapists in your healthcare network who accept insurance, which often lessens the expense of appointments.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 6 Jan. 2023
• In the meantime, the world got to learn about the risks the players accept to provide entertainment, a conversation Campbell has with himself all the time.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2023
• And different stores can fulfill different functions like accepting returns and holding events that are very important for non-store revenue in certain markets.
  — Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
• For those that don’t accept services or aren’t reached in time, the situations can sometimes end in tragedy, either due to harsh winter conditions, health conditions, acts of violence or substance use.
  — Juliette Rihl, The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2023
• 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
• And some of those appeals were accepted, and some were not.
  — Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Sep. 2019
• The bill would also make dental care a benefit under the Affordable Care Act and increase the inadequate Medicaid reimbursement rates that so many dentists refuse to accept.
  — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 1 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024