How to Use say yes in a Sentence

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  • Why say yes to a project like this?
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Send the bold text, or say yes to the date.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Good team captains know when to say yes or no.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Fifty-nine percent of traders say yes.
    — Eric Prisbell, Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t rush to say yes just to be liked or chosen.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 23 Nov. 2025
  • At almost half off, this one’s just easy to say yes to.
    — PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Some say yes, most say no, Honda is mum.
    — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Therefore, there is nothing to say yes or no to.
    — Gabriela Vidal, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The goal is to make the home feel cared for, current, and easy to say yes to.
    — Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • By all means, say yes to expansion, but read the fine print.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Any one of them can block the project, but to proceed, all of them have to say yes.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 May 2024
  • But in the end, the star said, the creative team convinced her to say yes.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Of course, soccer clubs aren’t the only ones who say yes at the wrong time.
    — Ciarán McArdle, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • So almost by default, Leslie had to say yes.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Take a chance and say yes to a trip outside of your normal routine!
    — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Someone can say no, but what happens if someone does say yes?
    — Jack McCullough, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • There are a thousand more reasons to say yes to yourself than there are to say no.
    — Dontaira Terrell, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The urge to break out of your routine is strong, so just say yes to the adventure.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • People will say yes and then freak out when dozens of people show up in their apartments.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Your only job is to breathe, release, and prepare to say yes to what wants to grow.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Simply pick a cut of steak, a salad dressing and a starch, and say yes to the onion rings.
    — Brett Anderson, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
  • If Alan Cumming ever wants to hang, say yes.
    — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Savannah, would also very much say yes.
    — Outside Online, 24 Sep. 2025
  • So, what is the process of getting Kevin Bacon to say yes to this?
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 27 Aug. 2025
  • But the pooh-bahs in Brussels didn’t exactly rush to say yes.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2023
  • And on a similar note, always say yes to dimmers.
    — Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
  • So, take stock, write Cattrall a ginormous check, and just say yes.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2023
  • And Hamas will have to be willing to say yes to an arrangement that brings hostages home.
    — ABC News, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Most people would probably say yes.
    — Simin Cai, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • You could be inspired to book a trip, publish a blog post or say yes before checking the fine print.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026

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