How to Use mutual in a Sentence

mutual

adjective
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  • We had a mutual agreement not to tell our secret.
  • Mutual love and respect was the key to their successful marriage.
  • It was a mutual effort.
  • The partnership was based on mutual admiration and understanding.
  • Per The Sun, Hadid and Kalman met through mutual friends.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 July 2023
  • Then, by chance, a mutual friend in New York led to their first reunion.
    — Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The Philippines has a mutual defense treaty with the United States.
    — Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The pair, who are both award-winning actors, first met back in 2008 through a mutual friend.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Just a few short years ago, in a pitch meeting, the client and I bonded over our mutual love of music.
    — Meg Pollaro, SPIN, 28 June 2023
  • Through a mutual friend, Ashley reluctantly agreed to look at the script, liked it, and agreed to come in and take over the show.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Bonus: Lily and Ted's mutual rooftop confessions took the show to a more honest place.
    — Ew Staff Updated, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
  • There are lessons here about the pull of the past and the ethics of mutual care, but most of all there is a pervasive warmth, like the sun stretching through April’s thin clouds.
    — Jacob Brogan, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Canada has mutual aid agreements with many of them, but not all.
    — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
  • Also, Jessie and Kate’s mutual fears about the impending changes in their friendship once Kate’s baby is born sit at the heart of the show.
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
  • The pair was introduced by a mutual friend almost 20 years ago.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
  • During these mutual events, one of the asteroids in the system can cast a shadow on the other, or block our view from Earth.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Both saw the group live a few times during their mutual projects and came away disenchanted.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The two met in Soho through a mutual acquaintance, and Cayre collected some of Nachum’s works.
    — Christopher Kuo, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The two countries have a treaty of mutual assistance between their courts.
    — Joseph Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Hailey and Justin Bieber are well known for their mutual gushing over each other.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The men had met years before through a mutual friend — the manager of the station — but the purgatory of war had brought them closer.
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • For those in attendance Wednesday night, there was no doubt the feeling was mutual.
    — Sheila Yount, arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2024
  • There he was introduced to Mr. Buffett by a mutual friend.
    — Robert D. Hershey Jr., New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
  • George had first met Ann and Gordon Getty in 1977 at a mutual friend’s dinner party.
    — Thomas Harding, Town & Country, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Rubiales had resisted calls to step down, claiming the kiss was mutual.
    — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The Rays preferred to play on Sept. 25, a mutual offday before a scheduled two-game series between the teams at Fenway.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • Meghan and Prince Harry met through a mutual friend in 2016 and announced their engagement the following year.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
  • For example, the friend will ask about the health of a mutual friend, and then two minutes later might ask basically the same question again.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Duress met Josh through a mutual friend and landed the role in Heaven Knows What, but was eventually caught by police.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Discovery was completely mutual between him and Zaslav and Brown has no plans lined up for his next move as of now.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 5 Jan. 2024

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