ACKNOWLEDGE in a Sentence

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214 example sentences for ACKNOWLEDGE, such as:
1. I acknowledge the truth of his statement.
2. You must acknowledge the truth of her argument.
3. She refuses to acknowledge the need for reform.
4. Never a negative acknowledge why it is impossible.
5. He never even bothered to acknowledge her presence.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of ACKNOWLEDGE
acknowledge
 v.  declare to be true or admit; express obligation, thanks
Classic Sentence: (183 in 13 pages)
1  Look here, Mr. Sherlock Holmes," he said, "we are all ready to acknowledge that you are a smart man, and that you have your own methods of working.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER VII. LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
2  I acknowledge to this ridiculous idiosyncrasy, as a reason why I would give them a little more play.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER X
3  He could not bring himself to acknowledge, in presence of such an assembly, the son whom he had renounced and disinherited.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
4  And now to my boon," said the King, "which I ask not with one jot the less confidence, that thou hast refused to acknowledge my lawful sovereignty.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
5  Rowena was ever ready to acknowledge the claims, and attend to the feelings, of others.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
6  They should be alive and frisky, and acknowledge the great god Pan.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
7  Fanny's heart was not absolutely the only saddened one amongst them, as she soon began to acknowledge to herself.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
8  I could not see him and my eldest sister in the same room without recollecting what you once told me, and I acknowledge that they did not meet as friends.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
9  Anne had never seen her father and sister before in contact with nobility, and she must acknowledge herself disappointed.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 16
10  When he did perceive and acknowledge her, however, it was done with all his usual frankness and good humour.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 18
11  Anne could just acknowledge within herself such a possibility of having been induced to marry him, as made her shudder at the idea of the misery which must have followed.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
12  Thus much indeed he was obliged to acknowledge: that he had been constant unconsciously, nay unintentionally; that he had meant to forget her, and believed it to be done.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
13  Take a pinch of snuff, Doctor, and acknowledge that I have scored over you in your example.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. A CASE OF IDENTITY
14  Such are the adventures of last night, and you must acknowledge, my dear Holmes, that I have done you very well in the matter of a report.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9. The Light upon the Moor [Second Report of Dr. ...
15  I think that you will acknowledge that the problem was already one of interest, but my observations soon made me realize that it was in truth much more extraordinary than would at first sight appear.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In VIII. The Adventure of The Crooked Man
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1  I admit now that I was wrong, and I am ready to acknowledge it in front of everyone.
2  I did not acknowledge that he had done anything wrong.
3  You must acknowledge the truth of her argument.
4  Never a negative acknowledge why it is impossible.
5  Several times from wing to a desk at center stage he glanced out at the audience to acknowledge the applause.
6  It's a matter of common courtesy to acknowledge letters.
7  Even the survey's most rabid critics acknowledge the utility of this kind of data.
8  He never even bothered to acknowledge her presence.
9  Mental illness can exist for years before families are forced to acknowledge the truth.
10  She refuses to acknowledge the need for reform.
11  You have to acknowledge that we live in a racist society.
12  I acknowledge the truth of his statement.
13  Although I acknowledge that the Beatles' tunes sound pretty dated today, I still prefer them to the songs my brothers play.
14  We tried to comfort him, but he said it warn't much use, he couldn't be much comforted; said if we was a mind to acknowledge him, that would do him more good than most anything else; so we said we would, if he would tell us how.
15  In this issue we have published only a partial list of contributors because we lack space to acknowledge everyone.