How to Use agree in a Sentence
agree
verb- The house is too big for one person, don't you agree?
- We can all agree on one thing: the current law needs to be changed.
- She asked if she could go with him, and he agreed that she could.
- The jurors were unable to agree a verdict.
- The means of ending the dispute were finally agreed.
- We agreed about some things, but we disagreed about others.
- Some critics have called the movie a masterpiece, but not everyone agrees.
- She says that a change is needed, and I agree completely.
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Twenty years later, no one can even agree on the number of dead Iraqi civilians.
— Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2023 -
But experts agree that for that dream to become a reality on a large scale, more studies are still needed.
— Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Mar. 2023 -
You're partnered up with your friends, who must agree on questions about a series of images projected to the left and right of you.
— WIRED, 8 Mar. 2023 -
Pritzker, meanwhile, agreed to be interviewed by the feds and is not accused of any wrongdoing.
— Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 7 Oct. 2024 -
Microsoft agreed to purchase the disgraced game maker for $69 billion one year later.
— Jason Schreier, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2024 -
And no one can agree on what exactly is causing it - whether the source is a virus, bacteria, a change in the environment or something else entirely.
— Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Mar. 2023 -
Years later, Elvis Presley heard the song and wanted to record it for himself, but Parton couldn't agree to the terms his team offered.
— Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023 -
The two men agree that the humor of the forum is what initially draws redditors’ interest, and that some only regard sink-pissing as fodder for memes.
— Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2023 -
With 60 votes required in the Senate to pass Social Security reform, both parties would have to agree.
— Lorie Konish, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024 -
Maybe each prospect should sign their own confidentiality agreement, and also agree not to share the confidential information any further.
— Joshua Stein, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023 -
While there has been a growing recognition of the need to reduce mass incarceration, experts do not agree on what caused the ballooning prison population or the best path to reducing it.
— The Conversation, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2023 -
In La Habra, the city and the homeowners association have yet to agree on who is responsible for fixing the hole that opened in 2019.
— Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2023 -
The rest of the world seemed to agree that the amount was absurd.
— Marlene Daut, Quartz Africa, 3 July 2020 -
Beasley and Moore agree about the contents of the encounter.
— Julia Fair, The Enquirer, 15 Sep. 2020 -
All agreed Fritze had the stuff to have success out of the bullpen.
— Michael Osipoff, Post-Tribune, 26 May 2017 -
On the call, Sanders agreed and Brazile claimed to have cried in anger.
— Essence.com, 3 Nov. 2017 -
All spoke at the same time and couldn’t agree on who should be the one to talk.
— Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2022 -
States would have to agree to be bound by the guidelines.
— Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2021 -
One of the people who helped raised Moore doesn’t agree.
— Shwanika Narayan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2021 -
France and Germany can’t agree on who would foot the bill.
— Souad Mekhennet, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024 -
Steinbrenner agreed to name him captain as part of the deal.
— Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 19 Oct. 2024 -
My mom and mother-in-law both agreed to travel to Atlanta from out of state to watch our children for the week.
— Cynthia Moss, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
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