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
Hunte, who describes his daughter as "very bubbly and helpful", says he has still not come to terms with how she died.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
When we couldn’t come to terms, a withdrawal hearing was held.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026
My parents managed to come to terms with me on the school dance.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
