How to Use acclimate in a Sentence

acclimate

verb
Definition of acclimatenext
Synonyms for acclimatenext
  • We took a few days to get acclimated to our new teacher.
  • I acclimated myself to the hot weather.
  • You might need to acclimate your plants to bright sunlight gradually.
  • This will help the rose bush acclimate to its new home.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Fields could use a season to acclimate to the NFL, and the 49ers have a veteran in place.
    — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2021
  • This could be set up days before the event to acclimate your pets.
    — Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Sostre said that after the initial shock of the heat, Artest has acclimated well to the area.
    — Richard Obert, azcentral, 6 Mar. 2018
  • My body knows that stress and how to adjust to it, how to acclimate itself to it.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2021
  • Aaron Rodgers acclimates, well enough, to new head coach Matt LaFleur’s scheme.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 23 July 2019
  • Davis changed teams and wanted time to acclimate to the Lakers.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2019
  • That said, there wasn’t much time to acclimate to the varsity game.
    — Gregg Voss, chicagotribune.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • For Klein, it’s taken some time to acclimate to the majors.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2024
  • The students were part of a summer camp designed to help acclimate them to high school.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Most spend the night at one of the nearby trail camps to help get acclimated to the altitude.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 7 June 2019
  • But on stage, Wonho has been able to acclimate with ease.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
  • A full month of acclimating should be more than enough.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The winter months can be hard to get dressed while acclimating to the cold weather.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The group concluded that there might be a benefit to the two days, which would give the prospect time to acclimate.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2021
  • The goal is to help players get acclimated to the NFL game in terms of schedule and routine.
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 10 May 2018
  • Get the new guy acclimated before the playoffs, if that’s still in the works in a couple more months.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2020
  • And the seven new coaches seemed to acclimate well, save for a few hiccups here and there.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 7 Aug. 2020
  • As the impact of the virus waned, drivers have struggled to acclimate to the return of traffic.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2022
  • These guys stay here for around 2 months acclimating from base camp to camp 4.
    — Fox News, 15 June 2019
  • Spicy days are here, here’s how to acclimate to heat and get an edge on your competitors.
    — Richard A. Lovett, Outside Online, 25 May 2021
  • Malzahn said the Knights will try their best to acclimate to the cooler temperatures in the three days leading up to the bowl.
    — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Your body will need time to acclimate to this new form of exercise.
    — Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
  • In order to acclimate to the changing tides of life, something about you has changed on a deep level.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2021
  • The kids have just started to get acclimated to their new school, make friends and live a semblance of a normal life.
    — Farah Yousry, NPR, 6 Sep. 2024
  • His best strategy for coping with jet lag is to build in an extra day or two to acclimate to a new time zone.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Dec. 2024
  • That night, Edwards scored just 17 points on 16 shots, deferring to Randle, who was still acclimating to his new team after the trade.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2025

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