How to Use acclimate in a Sentence

acclimate

verb

• We took a few days to get acclimated to our new teacher.
• I acclimated myself to the hot weather.
• You might need to acclimate your plants to bright sunlight gradually.
• The students were part of a summer camp designed to help acclimate them to high school.
  — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2023
• The winter months can be hard to get dressed while acclimating to the cold weather.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 Dec. 2023
• As the impact of the virus waned, drivers have struggled to acclimate to the return of traffic.
  — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2022
• Malzahn said the Knights will try their best to acclimate to the cooler temperatures in the three days leading up to the bowl.
  — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Dec. 2022
• Your body will need time to acclimate to this new form of exercise.
  — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
• Then Lolita will need to get acclimated and trained to hunt.
  — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
• Not only will Dallas have to acclimate to a new game, but new minds and fresh talent too.
  — Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2022
• Often west coast teams would travel east on Friday to acclimate to the three-hour time zone change.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2022
• The good news is that with a bit of practice—and some patience on your part — your cat can get acclimated to a new litter box.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
• Their practices are roughly around the time of their games to acclimate them for their home-field advantage.
  — Hal Habib, USA TODAY, 4 June 2022
• Also, the former Duck (2010 fifth-round pick who spent four seasons there) knows how to quickly acclimate to the West Coast.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023
• Chance acclimated quickly to losing a limb and soon charmed an adopter.
  — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
• Your little one could surprise you and acclimate right away.
  — Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
• Martinez said as the runner train in heat over time, their bodies acclimate to the conditions and adapt.
  — Alex Suarez, The Arizona Republic, 7 Oct. 2022
• As anyone who has climbed stairs after landing in Denver knows, the body needs time to acclimate to thin air.
  — Stu Woo, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2022
• In an effort to acclimate players to the full season's workload, the first week of training camp is often lighter.
  — Amanda Taheri, PEOPLE.com, 27 July 2022
• Johnson needs to get acclimated to the college game but could be the future at the position.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 12 May 2023
• Amazon surely would have to acclimate some wary shoppers to its high-tech stores.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2022
• The problem is for a sea level team heading into the mountains, the body needs two or three weeks to fully acclimate to the rarefied air.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
• The cooler days of autumn are probably the best time for plants to re-establish new roots and acclimate to their new home.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2022
• Knott explained the group has had a few more years to hone its material and sound, as well as acclimate its new members.
  — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2022
• The researchers set up 12 tanks with six mosquitofish and six tadpoles in each one and allowed the critters to acclimate for a week before meeting the robot.
  — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Dec. 2021
• Zeller has not had much time to get acclimated to life with Miami.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2023
• Bart Scott put it, in bringing the Patriots down to Florida five days early to acclimate to the heat.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
• Slowly increase the strength of your retinol over time so your skin has time to acclimate to this ingredient.
  — Dr. Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• What to Consider There's a break-in period to allow your feet to acclimate to the arch support.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2023
• To be sure, humans can adapt and acclimate to hotter weather.
  — Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 15 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024