How to Use accommodate in a Sentence

accommodate

verb
Definition of accommodatenext
Synonyms for accommodatenext
  • They were kind enough to accommodate me with a ride to the train station.
  • The ceilings were too low to accommodate his terrific height.
  • He would often change his schedule to accommodate his clients.
  • I asked them for additional money, and they accommodated me with a loan.
  • New facilities are being added to accommodate the special needs of elderly residents.
  • Smart investors quickly accommodated to the new market conditions.
  • Over 600 people can be accommodated on the cruise ship.
  • Those of us who could accommodate that were part of the next era.
    — Gary Kamiya, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Oct. 2021
  • Rinse the turkey pieces and place them in a pot large enough to accommodate them.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The store is putting out a call for kennels to accommodate pets.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 29 Aug. 2017
  • And the idea of a 4 p.m. start time to accommodate evening shows?
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2023
  • To accommodate those changes something had to give, and a lot had to go.
    — New York Times, 8 Oct. 2021
  • At the top of the controller is a phone mount, which should be able to accommodate for most phone sizes.
    — Christian De Looper, BGR, 1 June 2022
  • The dwelling can accommodate four guests with two beds and one bathroom.
    — oregonlive, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Some are large enough to accommodate a small cash stash as well.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 29 June 2022
  • Meanwhile, the west side of the dining room is set up to accommodate a line that grows by the day.
    — Dominic Armato, azcentral, 26 Feb. 2020
  • The house was sold out, and stage seats were added to accommodate the overflow.
    — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 28 Feb. 2018
  • No home was able to accommodate all six children, the source said.
    — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 19 Mar. 2018
  • The new ribbon boards will be a little longer and accommodate more stats.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati.com, 19 June 2019
  • The staff may also be able to accommodate visitors who knock on the door.
    — oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2021
  • The bow has been raised to accommodate two smaller tenders on the foredeck.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 4 June 2021
  • Airlines and airports have all struggled to hire all the staff to accommodate the rush.
    — Sara Ruberg, WSJ, 13 July 2022
  • Many of these events came to Phoenix for the first time since there was now a large enough arena to accommodate them.
    — Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The parking lot is too tiny to accommodate anything else.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 18 Feb. 2022
  • In time, the hope is to accommodate multiple shows in a single day.
    — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Each trip can accommodate up to eight people and a pilot.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • There isn’t enough of it to accommodate all the folks now wanting to love Loveland to death.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The mummies will go on display at a royal hall built to accommodate them.
    — Hatem Maher, ABC News, 3 Apr. 2021
  • Back then, crowds were much smaller and trees hung over the river far enough to accommodate rope swings.
    — Jasper Scherer, San Antonio Express-News, 27 May 2018
  • But the city has fewer than a dozen commercial piers large enough to accommodate it.
    — Colin Campbell, baltimoresun.com, 12 Nov. 2019

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