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.
  • Reviewers agree that the walnut wood board is well made and looks beautiful.
    Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 31 Mar. 2023
  • In civil court in Utah, only three-fourths of jurors need to agree on a verdict.
    Sam Metz, ajc, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The trick to the quick change is keeping everything else simple, as Keira Knightley would agree.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2023
  • One thing both schools can agree on: the importance of a transfer stepping in to fill a missing piece for an otherwise-solid program.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Many hundreds of people seemed to agree, filling the spaces not already taken by food and entertainment booths.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Lozoya agrees that Chavez's main legacy is that workers and laborers are respected, paid a living wage and able to work in fair conditions.
    Javier Arce, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Regardless, scientists agree that discovering a fossil mummy, which has the skin intact, would settle this debate.
    Alex Chun, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Parker wrote that the state has failed to make a compelling argument as to why Tennessee needed the new law, adding that the court also agrees the statute is likely vague and overly broad.
    Kimberlee Kruesi, ajc, 1 Apr. 2023
  • After two years and over 50 bargaining sessions, the union and management have been unable to agree on wages and healthcare benefits, among other issues.
    Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, 19 Mar. 2023
  • While both sides agree that the course should focus on understanding the history of marginalized groups, that’s generally where the similarities end.
    Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The jury, which began deliberations earlier in the afternoon, agreed that Sanderson was, in fact, at fault, not Paltrow.
    Doha Madani, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Typically, federal prosecutors offer to recommend a lower prison sentence if defendants agree to plead guilty and save the court system the time and expense of a trial.
    Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 18 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
  • Harris aides may have calculated that Trump would be more likely to agree to CNN’s event.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The county recently took an important step forward on this issue by agreeing to study how RCV can be operationalized.
    Steve Chessin, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024

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