How to Use get along in a Sentence

get along

verb
  • And now, a lot of the other ones don’t get along as well.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Why was that? ‘Not get along’ is a nice way of putting it.
    Greg Carannante, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
  • All in all, the looks were fierce, and for one night, the housewives seemed to all get along.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 14 Aug. 2023
  • And, of course, China and the U.S. are not getting along.
    Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Most of the time, though, Allawi got along well with the Americans.
    Benoît Morenne, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
  • In 2014, Stephen joked that John was his only kid who got along with him at the time.
    Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Frankel has shared that Bryn and her fiancé get along great.
    Lia Beck, Peoplemag, 10 July 2023
  • To be honest, there are K-pop groups that fight a lot or don’t get along.
    Kristine Kwak, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The dictator did come along, and Gergiev got along well with him.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Mo has a speech about whether the races can truly ever get along.
    Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The two don’t get along at all — and so begins the series’ rom-com subplot.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • Two of us get along well with our father — and one sibling does not.
    Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Two of us get along well with our father – and one sibling does not.
    Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 26 Feb. 2023
  • When the coders can’t get along, a group of them will split off and create a new network, a schism known as a hard fork.
    Steven Ehrlich, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Has the industry changed in terms of how people get along?
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • These BFFs show that dogs, cats and many creatures in between can get along.
    USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2022
  • His wife is lovely, and my daughter gets along well with her.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
  • So this cast really just got along like a house on fire.
    Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Most of them are easy to get along with and really pleasant.
    Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Why can’t Pitt and the reported oligarch just get along?
    Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2022
  • She's used to kitchen-table polyamory and wants everyone to get along.
    David Oliver, USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
  • But his colleagues say Mr. Scott is never going to be one to go along to get along.
    Carl Hulse, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • However, two of the biggest hits this summer have shown that the two sides can get along.
    Frank Pallotta, CNN, 13 July 2021
  • Rollinson got along well with all of the coaches of other Mater Dei sports and the leaders of the non-sports departments.
    Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 18 Apr. 2024
  • My instinct is to get along, to compromise, and to find common ground.
    Jay Cost, National Review, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Both of them love to play and snuggle together and get along with other cats.
    Daily Southtown Staff, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2023
  • And, finding a way to get along with in-laws may not always involve liking them.
    Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Prue briefly worked for one of her father's papers, News of the World, but hasn't always gotten along with him.
    Lynsey Eidell, Peoplemag, 24 Mar. 2023
  • That’s how people got along in Hroza before the Russians marched in early last year.
    Ian Lovett, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Franklin’s fellow diplomats, Deane and Lee, didn’t get along with him or each other.
    Vanessa Armstrong, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024

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