How to Use cooperate in a Sentence

cooperate

verb
  • The mother asked the child to put on his pajamas, but the child refused to cooperate.
  • The country agreed to cooperate with the other nations on the trade agreement.
  • It will be much easier if everyone cooperates.
  • Witnesses were willing to cooperate.
  • Several organizations cooperated in the relief efforts.
  • The challenge is for the parties to cooperate for the sake of the country in meeting both challenges.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Sams went on to state that the president and White House are cooperating with the probe.
    — CBS News, 9 Oct. 2023
  • In fact, 2 in 3 workers said a raise would move them to cooperate.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate.
    — Perry Stein, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The driver who struck Jones stayed at the scene and was cooperating with police.
    — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Despite the tension, the U.S. and China must figure out a way to cooperate on some, if not all, issues in the use of space.
    — Bin Li, Scientific American, 9 May 2022
  • Since all your cards are working, cooperate with a four-club cue bid.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The House voted in April to hold Navarro in contempt over his refusal to cooperate with the Jan. 6 probe.
    — Ali Dukakis, ABC News, 17 June 2022
  • And if the weather, or the wind or your camera don’t cooperate — don’t worry.
    — Jared Vincenti, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks cut deals early on, pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 30 June 2022
  • The trouble with this plan was, simply, that the dead woman might not cooperate.
    — Okwiri Oduor, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • The driver of the car stayed on the scene and was cooperating, according to Sheffert.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Dunsford told Lebeis what had transpired and agreed to cooperate in helping to stop further leaks of the music.
    — David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2022
  • The big question is whether the weather will cooperate.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 15 May 2022
  • The driver, a 56-year-old man, stayed at the scene and is cooperating with police, Cuddy wrote.
    — Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • If temperatures cooperate, this may be a fine time to enjoy the great outdoors — a walk in the woods or maybe a stroll along city streets.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The two countries both seem to want to cooperate on tackling the climate crisis.
    — Quartz, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Is not being at the U.S.’ level of 104% a sign of willingness to cooperate?
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Two of the men have pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with the government while others await trial.
    — Time, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Letourneau cooperated with the producers on the film and even spoke with Miller over the phone to provide insight into the role.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The driver of the Tesla, who remained at the scene and is cooperating with police, was not injured.
    — Ryan MacAsero, The Mercury News, 9 June 2024
  • But scientists don’t yet know all of the reasons these sperm cells cooperate.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The table has been set for Ohio State to get its revenge, but Michigan doesn’t have to sit down and politely cooperate.
    — Austin Meek, The Athletic, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The weather didn’t cooperate either, as passing showers occasionally damped the field and sent fans racing for cover, but the Red Sox were able to hang tough and battle back into the game.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 May 2025
  • But the years-long fight came to a head this year when the agency moved to revoke funding from six ultra-Orthodox schools in Brooklyn, seemingly not cooperating with regulators — the initial cohort of which was first reported by the Daily News.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025

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