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.
  • Donald Trump should have no problem agreeing to this debate.
    Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Most experts will agree that a pair of anvil pruning shears are essential for cutting dead wood and branches.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
  • After the shooting, one of her friends wrote to the Reds to nominate her to throw the first pitch and the team agreed.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Experts who have been debating for years about how to regulate DSI don’t even agree on how to define the term.
    Benji Jones, Vox, 20 Sep. 2024
  • So to avoid a default and likely recession, there's going to have to be some other kind of deal that Republicans and Democrats agree to.
    Matthew Brown, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2023
  • Industry experts agree the company remains financially sound, citing its rising stock price and billions in assets.
    Emily Caldwell, Dallas News, 10 May 2023
  • Ultimately, Snyder reportedly agreed to sell the Commanders to a group led by Josh Harris this spring.
    The Indianapolis Star, 8 May 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
  • Not all, though, agree with the moves made in Albany this week.
    Washington Examiner, 15 June 2020
  • Even some in the military agree that the armed forces need to do more.
    Kat Stafford and James Laporta, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Dec. 2021
  • This means both had to agree for the commission to meet.
    Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 13 Nov. 2021
  • For a while, though, Rachel and Alvy can’t agree on how to go forward.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The grey piping is a tasteful touch that the two of them will very much agree on.
    Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 25 Aug. 2023
  • And when the doctors don't agree with the parents, who gets to decide?
    Gisela Crespo, CNN, 7 Oct. 2020
  • The two parks systems have agreed to let each other use the term.
    Grant Segall, cleveland.com, 26 Dec. 2017

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