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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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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