How to Use adapt in a Sentence

adapt

verb

• The movie was adapted from the book of the same title.
• The clock was adapted to run on batteries.
• When children go to a different school, it usually takes them a while to adapt.
• The camera has been adapted for underwater use.
• She has adapted herself to college life quite easily.
• Cleary was able to adapt the recipe for her restaurant.
  — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 15 May 2024
• The show was adapted from a 2001 play by Lindsay-Abaire.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024
• It was adapted for the big screen in 2011 with Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
• Find a way to adapt your adventures to suit your needs, and the whole world will open up.
  — Sophie Morgan, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Feb. 2024
• But the 49ers mostly do what their powerful core drives them to do, and the world adapts to them.
  — Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 4 June 2024
• Our job is to adapt, change, improve, and perform despite the challenges in the world.
  — Brian Flood, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2023
• Old-money blonde is all about adapting the look to your unique cut and hair texture.
  — Sophia Panych, Allure, 2 Nov. 2024
• And 3) Be consistent and patient—your body needs time to adapt.
  — Ben Court, Men's Health, 25 Apr. 2023
• And Knox said as the state continues to see warmer winters, farmers will have to adapt.
  — Meris Lutz, al, 6 June 2023
• Knight takes a similar stance, adding that while the mandate may come as a shock to some, there’s plenty of time to adapt.
  — Kayla Greaves, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2023
• Each goes on sheer and then adapts to your skin tone with transforming pigments.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 8 Aug. 2024
• The hope now is that this haven of green can offer crucial breathing space to a city ill adapted to heat.
  — Juliette Guéron-Gabrielle, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• At the moment, the bird flu hasn't adapted to spread from person to person through the air like the seasonal flu.
  — Amy Maxmen | Kff Health News, ABC News, 24 May 2024
• In your view, what have been the biggest challenges in adapting to these new technologies while staying true to the heart and the essence of the sport?
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 2 July 2024
• No, but there are the projects that many different directors have tried to adapt.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2024
• So, to adapt the famous Twitter hashtag around the Oscars in 2015, why #robotssowhite?
  — Mark Paterson, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2024
• Be certain those plants are adapted to your soils and your climate.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
• The Ukrainians moved faster than the ill-prepared Russian artillery could adapt.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2024
• Fans of the books by author Tui T. Sutherland will no doubt rejoice, as this is now the second attempt to adapt the books for the screen.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 22 Feb. 2024
• The Republican sponsors of HB 1 this week refused to name the companies that would have to adapt to the bill.
  — Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
• Stephen Schwartz, who wrote the music and lyrics to the Broadway show, is adapting the screenplay with Winnie Holzman.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
• Wood and Williamson still don’t know if this change is happening too fast for hummingbirds to adapt.
  — The Arizona Republic, 30 June 2023
• This isn't the first attempt to adapt the series into a live-action format.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2023
• Every day for about a week, the mice wore the goggles for roughly 40 minutes to adapt to the environment.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2023
• As the trade keeps adapting, traffickers have sometimes turned to unorthodox methods.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024