How to Use reconcile to in a Sentence

reconcile to

verb
  • Little Malika woke up at this moment and had to be reconciled to the real world.
    — Joan Silber, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
  • We should not, then, be reconciled to the notion that evil and strife are perpetual, inevitable traits of humanity.
    — Margaret Rogers, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Even Eileen, who had been considering leaving John, became reconciled to him.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Or at least angrier, more isolated and reconciled to catastrophe.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Her need to be multiple represents the tension that will run through the rest of her life, not something that can be reconciled to create a new, final, and perfect Irma.
    — B. D. McClay, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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