getting along

Example Sentences

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“And then all of these people came in and people were pretty excited about it. They’re getting along with their neighbors. There’s no tension here.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

She sees them living with the tension between taking a stand against it and getting along.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

What if a nurse and the anesthesiologist aren’t getting along that day and their feud affects your care?

From Slate • May 2, 2025

The problem is that such a system requires that all parties have a fundamental allegiance to getting along, and specifically to handling losses without developing longstanding brutal grudges.

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2025

"No," Park said, "never. I mean, we were kind of getting along for a while, because I finally got in a fight, and because he thought my mom was being too hard on you."

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell