How to Use admit in a Sentence

admit

verb
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Synonyms for admitnext
  • They refused to admit her to the club.
  • I hate to admit it, but he's right.
  • The patient was very sick when she was admitted to the hospital.
  • He was admitted last night for chest pains.
  • The judge decided to admit the evidence.
  • You know you're wrong! Admit it!
  • This ticket admits one person.
  • He admitted them into his office.
  • Some of this, Google admits, is still a work in progress.
    — Popular Science, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Mother's Day is the perfect time to admit your mom was right all along.
    — Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 May 2023
  • With such a high, the nature of the sport means Miller is bound to crash back down to Earth, Rojas admitted.
    — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 17 June 2023
  • The Peace Corps did not admit any fault in the filing related to the settlement.
    — Kelly Kasulis Cho, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Every kid would line up against the wall and wait to be admitted into a cramped nurse’s office to take the test.
    — Hazlitt, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Salma Hayek admits she was spooked about starring in the new season of Black Mirror.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • While waiting in line to be admitted, my close friend died.
    — Jeffrey Okoro, STAT, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Gotta admit: Did not see that dynamic duo being a thing.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • An artist needs a lot of character to admit something like that in front of a microphone.
    — Ricardo Durán, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2023
  • Cody admits that Lisa herself isn’t the most likable person.
    — Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • His father admitted the abuse and was defrocked, but was never charged and died in 2004.
    — Angus Watson, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The only losses are 83-44 to Harvard-Westlake in the first game of the season, a game Allard admitted his team was not ready to play.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2024
  • The patient, also an addict, admitted that, for him, reading the book may have done more harm than good.
    — Jamieson Webster, Washington Post, 11 May 2023
  • For his own part, Herbert was big enough to admit his shortcomings—and that film is the realm of filmmakers for a reason.
    — Max Evry, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Jack accompanied me to the pier but was only admitted as far as the outside gate.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Both Galvan and the juvenile admitted the gun was the juvenile's and was in his possession at the time of the shooting.
    — Nwa Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 17 Mar. 2024
  • By the end of February 2024, Fisker admitted its troubles around handling the balance sheets in a press release.
    — Lawrence Hodge / Jalopnik, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2024
  • In an update in April, Evergrande admitted that the plan was still short of support from a key group of creditors.
    — Laura He, CNN, 25 Sep. 2023
  • And take it to your prenatal appointments, in case you are admitted.
    — Alexandra Frost, Parents, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Discounts for adults to walk through the museum will also be available, with kids younger than 16 admitted free.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
  • It was given to Carrie for her debut album, though Carrie has admitted she has been cheated on in the past.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 16 May 2023
  • After spending months aboard, Virts admits that the space station doesn’t have great viewing windows.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2024

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