How to Use acknowledge in a Sentence

acknowledge

verb

• She acknowledged the gift with a card.
• Do you acknowledge that you caused this mess?
• She acknowledged his greeting with a smile.
• He quickly acknowledges all of my e-mails when he receives them.
• They acknowledged that the decision was a mistake.
• Please acknowledge receipt of this letter.
• They readily acknowledged their mistake.
• She won't acknowledge responsibility for her actions.
• His hole-out eagle was the shot of the day, and even Hovland took a moment to acknowledge it.
  — Adam Schupak, USA TODAY, 16 July 2022
• The letter did not acknowledge the loss of life in the surprise attack that killed 1,200.
  — Elizabeth Dwoskin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024
• And, as O’Hanlon acknowledges, the prospect of a foreign posting helps entice recruits to sign up in the first place.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
• All Biden will have done is acknowledge what’s true, so he can hardly be blamed.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 4 May 2023
• Horst acknowledged the pre-draft process for the Bucks the last few years has been very different from say, a team drafting in the top five or top 10.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 15 May 2023
• Kody also acknowledged the rift that had formed between him and his boys in an episode that aired in May 2023.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
• Lin acknowledges some of the challenges of being a consumer in 2024.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024
• Biden then seemed to acknowledge that the issue was settled.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 8 Feb. 2023
• But, as Biden has acknowledged throughout his time in office, there’s more work to be done.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 27 July 2024
• To – to acknowledge some of the strengths of your adversaries is – is not having weakness on your own part.
  — CBS News, 18 Aug. 2024
• The pilot asked the errant Cessna to acknowledge a radio call and rock its wings.
  — Arden Farhi, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2022
• But the military acknowledges there have been few gains.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
• Let’s pause and acknowledge the importance of that work for all of us in our lives, in our culture [and] in managing the challenges of the day.
  — Safire R. Sostre, Essence, 28 Nov. 2022
• Yet even the staunch anarchists of the BO-AK acknowledge the need to reach out to the other side of the political spectrum.
  — Guillaume Ptak, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2022
• Of course, Musk acknowledged in the press conference that some of his claims—$50 million for condoms sent to Hamas?
  — Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2025
• Sophie Brussaux is acknowledging that Drake has been a great dad from the jump.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
• The ad itself also acknowledges that the scenes in the first half of the ad are not real, but rather imagined in a city without conflict.
  — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2024
• The humorist acknowledged the cuts on his Facebook page.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2023
• The main goal is to say things that acknowledge their grief, which sometimes could mean saying very little.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 22 Nov. 2022
• At the end of the night, Sullivan finally forces himself to acknowledge the fangirls in the house.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024
• The film seeks to preserve her memory and honor her life and work while also acknowledging the profound emptiness her passing has left behind.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 11 Mar. 2025
• For much of the film, Maddox, who is played by Jonathan Majors, does not seem capable of acknowledging his capacity for violence.
  — Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2025