How to Use cooperate in a Sentence

cooperate

verb
  • The mother asked the child to put on his pajamas, but the child refused to cooperate.
  • The country agreed to cooperate with the other nations on the trade agreement.
  • It will be much easier if everyone cooperates.
  • Witnesses were willing to cooperate.
  • Several organizations cooperated in the relief efforts.
  • Xi called for both sides to cooperate.
    — Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 14 May 2026
  • Musk would have had to cooperate with such a check, this person said.
    — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Since all your cards are working, cooperate with a four-club cue bid.
    — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Some refuse to cooperate, some may even act as double agents.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
  • His lawyer said Jagland would cooperate with the probe.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • His lawyer said Jagland would cooperate with the probe.
    — Jill Lawless, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The weather needs to cooperate and, of course, the flights need to be on time, too.
    — Michael Marot, Twin Cities, 23 May 2026
  • Both drivers must choose whether or not to cooperate.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The good news is that for the most part, the weather is going to cooperate.
    — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
  • All three groups need to buy in and cooperate for anything good to happen.
    — Jed Brewer, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
  • This gives them an incentive to cooperate, but not at any price.
    — Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Kassem said Tuesday his group is ready to cooperate to help achieve those five points.
    — Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
  • In fact, 2 in 3 workers said a raise would move them to cooperate.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Even when the puck didn’t cooperate with him, Kastelic dove to get it back, to no avail.
    — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • His lawyer said Jagland would cooperate.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The board has also said for the county to ask other cities to cooperate as well.
    — Claire Wang, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
  • But -- but -- but all the people around him are cooperating.
    — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Having said that, please cooperate with partners and close friends.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 9 June 2026
  • Parks sued the city five months later for failing to cooperate with the audit.
    — Claire Wang, Oc Register, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The Spanish have refused to cooperate in any way with the war.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
  • Out on deck, the sun bar comes alive during sailaways when the weather cooperates.
    — David Nikel, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The trouble with this plan was, simply, that the dead woman might not cooperate.
    — Okwiri Oduor, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • Kavanaugh stressed that pro leagues are joint ventures and thus teams must cooperate in certain ways.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • But scientists don’t yet know all of the reasons these sperm cells cooperate.
    — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2022
  • And if the weather, or the wind or your camera don’t cooperate — don’t worry.
    — Jared Vincenti, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2022

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