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.
• 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
• Twist said her friends at the time counseled her to accept it.
  — Brittany Wallman, Sun Sentinel, 28 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Gordon is the second suspect in the case to accept a plea deal.
  — Justin L. MacK, Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2018
• Anything too large to fit in the back of a sedan can’t be accepted.
  — Corey Dockser, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
• The district can accept cash or checks, but not gift cards.
  — Ramona Sentinel, 11 July 2018
• If the funds are accepted, a light on the top of the validator will turn green.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2023
• Fill out the sign-up forms and accept all terms and conditions.
  — al, 22 Oct. 2022
• The texts show Pence’s aide refused to accept the votes.
  — Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News, 23 June 2022
• And the athlete can either choose to accept or decline that.
  — Erica L. Ayala, Forbes, 13 June 2022
• Some of us refuse to accept the fact that not everyone will like us.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2022
• Burrow could only hold on to the football and accept his fate.
  — cleveland, 15 Jan. 2021
• And some of those appeals were accepted, and some were not.
  — Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Sep. 2019
• The way forward is to accept change, in a positive way.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2021
• Do any of them accept more than half of their applicants?
  — Ron Lieber, Town & Country, 23 Feb. 2021
• The system saw an image of a street sign—good enough, accept it and move on.
  — Jim Salter, Ars Technica, 28 June 2019
• But who’s willing to step up and accept those challenges and go out there and work on it?
  — al, 13 Nov. 2021
• Most of us have a license from Africa, but the board here doesn’t accept it.
  — Jan Hefler, Philly.com, 13 July 2018
• There are people still there that don't agree and accept it, which is fine.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 30 Sep. 2021
• Drop your end of the rope, graciously accept what is pocket change to him and move on.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022
• My parents promised that a better school would accept me.
  — Jakki Kerubo, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• Of course, check with your local rules first to see if aerosol is accepted.
  — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 7 July 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024