How to Use coexist in a Sentence

coexist

verb
  • The species coexist in the same environment.
  • Can the two countries peacefully coexist?
  • Plus, the two can coexist on the court.
    Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • And there is room for all scale and scope of films to coexist.
    Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2023
  • There wasn’t, and couldn’t be, any way those roles could coexist.
    Paula McLain, Town & Country, 12 July 2018
  • But the pieces fit, even if fans of both orgs would have to learn to coexist.
    Sean Collins, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2021
  • El Conde is many things, some of which tend not to coexist in movies.
    Vulture, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Fire and faith are learning to coexist.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Lucy reminds us all that hope and joy can coexist even on the hardest days!
    Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Can both nations coexist on the moon?
    Leonard David, Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2026
  • And there's a lot of people that believe the two cannot coexist.
    NBC News, 25 June 2021
  • The result is a series of plots that feel like rooms in which the wild and the prim coexist.
    Air Mail, 19 July 2025
  • The fact is, the two systems can, and do, coexist in many countries.
    Leslie Gornstein, CBS News, 23 Sep. 2020
  • She’s learned to coexist with the felines in her foster home.
    Shelter Staff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2024
  • Brown’s class offers them a unique chance to get outside of their cliques and coexist.
    Bowen West, idahostatesman, 9 May 2018
  • So what makes some siblings best friends while others just coexist?
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In many places, grasslands and forests coexist in a slow-motion tug-of-war.
    Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022
  • Some of these factors may coexist.
    Liz Koch, STAT, 6 Apr. 2026
  • How could relief coexist with fear?
    Helena Carpio, Time, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Guardrails and physician voice can coexist.
    Adam Goodcoff, STAT, 13 May 2026
  • Hundreds of native plants listed in the book have evolved to coexist with fire.
    Jeastman, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
  • So the best way to coexist with them is with humane deterrents.
    René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 12 Jan. 2021
  • And the e-bike and non-e-bike both have to coexist with automobiles in the right of way.
    Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The two can coexist, of course — but only one was allowed to exist.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Hearing those two things coexist surprised even me.
    Alma Rota, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • And even this idea of love and violence needing to coexist.
    G'ra Asim september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Mesozoic meat-eaters were able to coexist as state symbols.
    Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2020
  • These two species usually coexist just fine.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2026
  • These are worlds that coexist and intertwine.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
  • For Cox, a love of space and a love for Earth can easily coexist.
    Rachel K. Hindery, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018

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