How to Use accrue in a Sentence

accrue

verb

• I'll get back all the money I invested, plus any interest and dividends that have accrued.
• Of the Twins’ 44 swings, the club accrued 19 swings and misses.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
• The YouTube video of the full event has accrued more than 3.3 million views.
  — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2023
• As a result, the Dodgers have now accrued $1.039 billion of deferred salary over the last five years.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
• The fines can accrue up to $1,000, and Perdue and Larson have both hit that limit.
  — Amy Lavalley, chicagotribune.com, 15 Apr. 2021
• The city sent the case to a special magistrate two years ago, and fines began to accrue.
  — Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com, 22 July 2021
• The debt ceiling is the limit placed by Congress on the amount of debt the government can accrue.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023
• Interest will accrue on all your loans and be added to your balance at the end.
  — cleveland, 9 Aug. 2020
• The net benefit of a low borrowing cost will accrue in the long term.
  — Misheck Mutize, Quartz Africa, 30 July 2020
• Even as the story accrues the heft of personal tragedy, each scene seems to float or bob.
  — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• As with the Khan’s ancient cash, the biggest benefits are likely to accrue to the state.
  — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2020
• The impact of Brexit, in this telling, would accrue over time—so long as the government stuck to its guns.
  — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2021
• The risks apply to nearly all of us, while the rewards will accrue to Musk and his shareholders.
  — Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2021
• What’s more, the biggest charge was accrued when Mandy brought her ex-boyfriend to the emergency room for a broken wrist.
  — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 31 Oct. 2024
• So if debt continues to accrue, that won’t be an option again for a while.
  — Blake Farmer, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2022
• Low on funds, the pair stopped a while in the Sunshine State in order to accrue funds and got jobs as waiters in a restaurant called the Hawaiian Inn.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2024
• The 2013 law caps that amount at the number of hours an employee accrues in one year and is permitted to cash out.
  — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
• Interest will accrue on the unpaid balance from the due date of the return until the tax is paid.
  — Danielle Seurkamp, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
• But many of the benefits accrued to the upper and middle classes.
  — Maria Snegovaya, Foreign Affairs, 25 Nov. 2024
• FedExCup points are accrued over the year, with the top 70 players qualifying for the Playoffs at the end of the season.
  — Ben Morse, CNN, 19 June 2024
• Workers lose wages from days out sick, and trips to the hospital can accrue massive bills.
  — Sherrod Brown, STAT, 29 Mar. 2021
• That opened the door for interest to start accruing Sept. 1 and for payments to come due starting Oct. 1.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• Cheaper hair dryers accrue damage faster and begin to break down at or around the two-year mark.
  — Carsen Joenk, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2021
• Most workers accrue overtime to finish their heavy workloads, but many are too afraid to ask to be paid for it.
  — Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 3 June 2023
• The Mercantile Library has been around since the 1800s and has accrued quite a collection.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 23 Oct. 2024
• There is also a 10% late fee, and late charges accrue 1.5% interest per month.
  — Joshua Iversen, The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2020
• Kivett broke down the logistics of the caloric burn that a ride on the under-desk elliptical should accrue.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2022
• On top of that trio of leaders, Jin has managed to accrue two more top 10 hits on the ranking, and both came very close to adding to his list of No. 1 smashes.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
• Management spent most of the season before signing Klingberg with a lean roster to accrue as much cap space as possible for pre-deadline use.
  — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
• Atlanta would accrue only $2.5 million in dead-cap money next season by cutting Koo, but Morris seems determined to keep him.
  — Josh Kendall, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 28 Feb 2025