come to terms
Example Sentences
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“The first is “The Longest Way Home,” where I was trying to come to terms with getting married again, where I was asking, how do you maintain intimacy and preserve your inherent solitude?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
Angry, the 60-year-old cannot come to terms with the loss of her daughter Annalee, a little blonde girl in a cowboy hat whose smile lights up the pin attached to the lapel of her jacket.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
When we couldn’t come to terms, a withdrawal hearing was held.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026
Now, after extensive therapy, Grace, 35, says she feels more content than ever and has come to terms with what happened to her five years ago.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
But all, I think, provide us with critical lessons of how we can better understand and come to terms with the extraordinary power of thin-slicing.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
