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.
  • This will help the rose bush acclimate to its new home.
    Patricia S York, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Fields could use a season to acclimate to the NFL, and the 49ers have a veteran in place.
    Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2021
  • After a week of this process, the starts should be acclimated and ready to plant.
    Ciscoe Morris, The Seattle Times, 26 Apr. 2017
  • This could be set up days before the event to acclimate your pets.
    Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Sostre said that after the initial shock of the heat, Artest has acclimated well to the area.
    Richard Obert, azcentral, 6 Mar. 2018
  • My body knows that stress and how to adjust to it, how to acclimate itself to it.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021
  • Aaron Rodgers acclimates, well enough, to new head coach Matt LaFleur’s scheme.
    Andy Benoit, SI.com, 23 July 2019
  • Much of the world had two decades to acclimate to the cultural fire hose of the Internet.
    National Geographic, 12 Dec. 2016
  • Much of the world had two decades to acclimate to the cultural fire hose of the Internet.
    National Geographic, 12 Dec. 2016
  • Davis changed teams and wanted time to acclimate to the Lakers.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2019
  • This meant starting a new high school and acclimating to a new way of life.
    Carol Connelly, Post-Tribune, 22 June 2017
  • That said, there wasn’t much time to acclimate to the varsity game.
    Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • For Klein, it’s taken some time to acclimate to the majors.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
  • By the end of the week, the plants should be acclimated and ready to be transplanted outside.
    Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Cozens and Gilbert will have to get acclimated on the fly.
    Julian McKenzie, The Athletic, 9 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • Most spend the night at one of the nearby trail camps to help get acclimated to the altitude.
    Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2019
  • After all, right now is about the time your tanned legs have had time to acclimate to the outdoors (as in, ready to be seen by strangers).
    Liza Corsillo, GQ, 16 Aug. 2017
  • What’s the process of moving to and getting acclimated in San Diego been like for you?
    Kyle Kensing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
  • But on stage, Wonho has been able to acclimate with ease.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
  • A full month of acclimating should be more than enough.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The winter months can be hard to get dressed while acclimating to the cold weather.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The group concluded that there might be a benefit to the two days, which would give the prospect time to acclimate.
    BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2021
  • The goal is to help players get acclimated to the NFL game in terms of schedule and routine.
    Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 10 May 2018
  • Get the new guy acclimated before the playoffs, if that’s still in the works in a couple more months.
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2020
  • That may be a good thing for cooling those of us not acclimated to highs reaching the low-to-mid 80s.
    James Hohmann, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2017
  • And the seven new coaches seemed to acclimate well, save for a few hiccups here and there.
    Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 7 Aug. 2020

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