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.
• And why is no one else on the yacht acknowledging it?
  — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
• Putin last year acknowledged the plight in the four regions.
  — Yuras Karmanau, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
• So, let’s acknowledge the presence of stress in our lives.
  — Helen Dennis, Daily News, 19 Apr. 2026
• Maybe it’ll, in the crude form, it’ll be acknowledged that it was biased by it.
  — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
• Hayes also acknowledged work on a plea deal.
  — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
• Be willing to acknowledge and deal with the elephants in the room.
  — Johnny C. Taylor Jr., USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2021
• Spring is quick to acknowledge that Macy’s still has much to prove.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
• Kelce has even acknowledged what's coming next.
  — Sarah Jones, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
• Did these two women present you with this flag to acknowledge your allyship?
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2022
• Frank acknowledged this in his postgame remarks.
  — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• Context makes for more kinds of bests than prizes can ever acknowledge.
  — New York Times, 18 May 2022
• Austin acknowledged a win over Louisville would mean a lot to the Bears.
  — Jeff Faraudo, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
• Ryan acknowledges there will be an adjustment in his new job.
  — Charles Odum, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026
• All Biden will have done is acknowledge what’s true, so he can hardly be blamed.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 4 May 2023
• If the movies wouldn’t acknowledge us, how could our families?
  — Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
• Samson has acknowledged the risks posed by the platform.
  — Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
• History, whether acknowledged or not, is etched in our souls.
  — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
• What has changed is our willingness to acknowledge it.
  — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
• And when museums do fall short, the best of them acknowledge it and strive to do better.
  — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
• Kick is all over us right now sonically, whether they are acknowledged for it or not.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026
• To stop the nonsense and acknowledge who the real heroes were that day.
  — Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
• One of the first things to do is acknowledge size and space limitations.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Dec. 2021