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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Remember to avoid looking at any bright lights for at least 15 minutes to give your eyes a chance to acclimate to the dark.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Then Lolita will need to get acclimated and trained to hunt.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • And it’s been this running thing with Chozen, that he's just acclimated to his time in the U.S. pretty quickly.
    — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 July 2024
  • To’o, Williams was a summer arrival who didn’t get the 15 spring practices to acclimate.
    — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 8 Sep. 2021
  • Not only will Dallas have to acclimate to a new game, but new minds and fresh talent too.
    — Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Often west coast teams would travel east on Friday to acclimate to the three-hour time zone change.
    — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The good news is that with a bit of practice—and some patience on your part — your cat can get acclimated to a new litter box.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
  • Their practices are roughly around the time of their games to acclimate them for their home-field advantage.
    — Hal Habib, USA TODAY, 4 June 2022
  • Maybe the creepy stuffed animals will help the new owners acclimate?
    — Charlotte Walsh, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2021
  • What your pet should avoid during heat waves Pets need to acclimate to heat, and during a heat wave is not the time to do it, Dr. Brooks said, as the process can takes weeks or months.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2024
  • The helmet theft affects some junior varsity players, who may not get acclimated in time for their first game.
    — Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024

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