How to Use admit to in a Sentence

admit to

phrasal verb
  • The next day, the mother of one of the girls on the freshman team was admitted to hospice care.
    Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 12 Jan. 2024
  • As part of the agreement, Philips did not admit to any wrongdoing.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Jennifer Lawrence admits to being a very stressed-out bride.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Other students admitted to skipping all or part of class to watch the event.
    Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Stallone is very candid in the film and even admits to having regrets.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Its leaders were forced to admit to a string of lethal mistakes and misjudgments.
    Adam Rasgon, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The driver admitted to having a firearm in the center console.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Blood clots in his legs had reached his lungs, and he was admitted to the hospital that November.
    The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Both admitted to their role in setting up Ramirez for murder.
    Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Elliott even admits to liking the Dodger’s field op guy, but the admiration stops there.
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • He was charged with setting four fires — Cascade, Everitt, Ranch and Conard — and under the plea agreement admitted to three counts.
    Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But the history of the moment was not lost on Shirley who admitted to having thought about the pending visit for days.
    Martha Raddatz, ABC News, 20 July 2023
  • In 2022, Mazza signed a plea deal admitting to conspiracy to kill Trippe, who is still alive.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 2024
  • This time, the vast majority admitted to watching it when the others couldn’t judge them.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Morgan received the same punishments and a 10-year hunting ban for admitting to killing two.
    Sage Marshall, Field & Stream, 7 Feb. 2024
  • No one wants to admit to having trouble with intimacy, and no one wants to admit to not having enough friends.
    Allison Gilbert, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
  • In each county, just two people were admitted to hospitals because of the virus.
    Chris Morris, Fortune Well, 2 May 2024
  • The boys quickly admitted to being inside the building.
    John Benson, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • Holden admitted to gunning down Stewart and was sentenced in July to life in prison.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2024
  • However, one fan admitted to calling the theater Friday morning to make sure the nearly two-hour drive would not be for naught.
    Juliet Pennington, Peoplemag, 29 July 2023
  • Example 3 You are admitted to the hospital on June 1, (day 1).
    Tanya Feke, Md, Verywell Health, 25 Oct. 2023
  • As for the debacle that his experiment had caused, JK would admit to no greater error than bad timing.
    Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Sargsyan didn’t admit to the scheme for years, failing to tell federal prosecutors about it until the eve of a trial in which he was set to testify.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023
  • In August 2021, Li and Chan pleaded guilty, the first two to admit to an offense under the national security law.
    Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Santos has admitted to fabricating parts of his life story but has denied all other claims against him and has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
    Ken Tran, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • In their plea agreements, the men admitted to ambushing the family inside their home while armed with a .223 caliber rifle and a revolver.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Stanley said in an interview Tuesday that the kit was admitted to the center on Feb. 29 after a man walking his dog found her in an alley in Richmond.
    Denise Lavoie, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The animal expert, who admits to not only loving birds, but all living things, was in her element among the wild landscape.
    Aimee White Beazley, Travel + Leisure, 23 Nov. 2023
  • The former One Direction singer lost his behind-the-wheel privilege after admitting to speeding in a 30-mile-per-hour zone.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • While the party has gone down in music history, Herc himself admitted to Rolling Stone this summer that his memories of it are fuzzy.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023

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