How to Use get along in a Sentence

get along

verb
  • And now, a lot of the other ones don’t get along as well.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Why was that? ‘Not get along’ is a nice way of putting it.
    Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
  • All in all, the looks were fierce, and for one night, the housewives seemed to all get along.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 14 Aug. 2023
  • And, of course, China and the U.S. are not getting along.
    Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Along for the ride was a group that Morris had a hunch would get along.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 17 June 2024
  • Most of the time, though, Allawi got along well with the Americans.
    Benoît Morenne, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
  • But the two seemed to get along pretty well outside the pods.
    Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 28 Feb. 2025
  • But Ray was one of the few who could get along with just about anyone.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Aug. 2025
  • But most of these guys don't get along with [the] big tech crowd — these are many of our top builders.
    Axios, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In 2014, Stephen joked that John was his only kid who got along with him at the time.
    Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Frankel has shared that Bryn and her fiancé get along great.
    Lia Beck, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • To be honest, there are K-pop groups that fight a lot or don’t get along.
    Kristine Kwak, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The dictator did come along, and Gergiev got along well with him.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
  • He was adopted but did not get along with the other pets in the home, the shelter said.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 8 July 2024
  • But in the show, Joel gets along well with Dina and talks with her about Ellie.
    Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Mo has a speech about whether the races can truly ever get along.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The trailer starts, as always, in better times, when the group gelled and all got along.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Some have maybe not good intentions and just want to go along to get along.
    Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The two don’t get along at all — and so begins the series’ rom-com subplot.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • If these creatures can get along, why the hell can't humans?
    Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025
  • Two of us get along well with our father – and one sibling does not.
    Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Two of us get along well with our father – and one sibling does not.
    Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Two of us get along well with our father – and one sibling does not.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2023
  • My family got along with her fine.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 May 2026
  • Ava has a very easy personality to get along with.
    Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • He was known as a role model, with a positive personality, and got along with anybody.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • But do the two former co-hosts get along?
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 May 2026
  • The two got along well at first, with Cuomo at one point taking Fahim to a Rams game.
    Sean Emery, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
  • So the second Kathy really does want everybody to get along.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 May 2026
  • Just a very easy group to get along with.
    Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 3 May 2026

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