How to use compromise in a sentence

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• Bridge scour may scoop out scour holes and compromise the integrity of the structure.From the entry scour
• They offered some compromises in an effort to ameliorate the situation.From the entry ameliorate
• In the novel, Constanza is a paragon of virtue who would never compromise her reputation.From the entry paragon
• The negotiation ended in deadlock, with neither party willing to compromise on the price.From the entry deadlock
• A typical middle of the road compromise is to leave the problem as it is.From the entry middle of the road
• A compromising photograph of the president was sold to the newspapers.From the entry compromising
• They offered some compromises in an effort to meliorate the disagreement.From the entry meliorate
• I told both of them they had better come together on a compromise.From the entry come together
• The secret to a long-lasting marriage is compromise.From the entry secret
• I think we can work out a compromise.From the entry work out
• Chatty error messages may help attackers to compromise your server.From the entry chatty
• His meditation induced a compromise. Opium induces sleep.From the entry induce
• They had a bit of a disagreement about what color to paint the bedroom, but they have reached a compromise.From the entry disagreement
• The minister imprudently disclosed classified information, thereby compromising national security.From the entry imprudently
• You've been in bed with the opposite party all year and that's why you keep saying we need to compromise.From the entry in bed
• Van Eck phreaking might be used to compromise the secrecy of the votes in an election using electronic voting.From the entry Van Eck phreaking
• Political principles are rarely absolute, as political logic holds an imperfect result by compromise is better than a theoretically perfect abstention from the political process in the opposition.From the entry political
• As a ploy to discredit the reformist politician, the opposing party had hired a lookalike to act as his evil twin and be seen in a variety of compromising situations.From the entry evil twin
• When you compromise that, you have lost the loyalty and trust of your employees,” Wahler said.2025 February 27, Jeanne Sahadi, “DOGE’s heavy-handed approach is not likely to make the government more efficient”, in CNN. From the entry inefficiency
• Roleplaying can be a fun way to tap into a cheating fantasy without compromising your relationship.2024 August 7, Mary Madigan, quoting Nova Hawthorne, “Millennial escort reveals the latest ‘taboo’ sex trend taking generation by storm…. From the entry roleplaying
• After weeks of speculation and intracoalitional debate, the text of the compromise was released on Sept. 21.2022 October 5, David Wallace-Wells, “Progressives Should Rally Around a Clean Energy Construction Boom”, in The New York Times, archived…. From the entry abruptly
• Perhaps we should form our own preaching band, to avoid compromise with the Christian ethic of brotherhood.2019, John Hersey, The Call: An American Missionary in China, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN. From the entry preaching band
• But would the Nevadans compromise a bit on wages in order to at least have a job?2016, Lydia DePillis, “At Tesla’s gigafactory, a larger battle over worker pay”, in The Washington Post. From the entry Nevadan
• Turkish leaders are accustomed to visiting Europe with hat in hand, seeking to make compromises.2015 October 5, James Kanter, Tim Arango, “Turkish Leader Says E.U. Should Do More About Syria”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Oct 2015. From the entry hat in hand
• The art of centrovert living therefore has to do with variety, compromise and balance.2015 April 23, Sylvia Loehken, The Power of Personality: How Introverts and Extroverts Can Combine to Amazing Effect, John Murray Press…. From the entry centrovert
• In addition, a more pluralist system in a large diverse democracy should foster aggregation, compromise, and tolerance.2014, Bruce E. Cain, Democracy More or Less. From the entry pluralist
• It's difficult to see any compromise there except the peace of exhaustion.2012 September 20, Andrew Brown, “Archbishop of Canterbury succession race begins in earnest”, in The Guardian (online). From the entry fissioning
• They came up with a compromise where he could compete in a special swim-off two months later.2012, Dan Stephenson, The Underwater Window, →ISBN. From the entry swim-off
• Unless matters take a nastier turn, neither side has much incentive to compromise.2011 February 24, “Wisconsin and wider”, in The Economist. From the entry much
• They prefer a pugilist fighting for principle over a pragmatist agreeing to compromises.2010, Kirk Victor, National Journal, volume 42, number 35, page 4. From the entry pugilist
• Eschewing liberal bourgeois notions of politics as compromise exposes this agonic or polemical quality of the political.2009, Christopher C. Robinson, “Theorizing as a Lived Experience: A Wittgensteinian Investigation”, in Wittgenstein and Political Theory…. From the entry agonic
• There’s no sugar-coating it: this direct-injection V-6 seems a compromise, a slenderized version of the CTS’s 3.6-liter.2009 July 26, Lawrence Ulrich, “A Redesign Aims Lower and Yet Comes Up Short”, in New York Times. From the entry slenderize
• As a compromise in an age of psychopharmacological doubt, this seems about right.2009 January 25, Vanessa Grigoriadis, “Checking In”, in New York Times. From the entry psychopharmacological
• To her mind, extreme compensation is a fair trade for the compromises of such a career.2009 April 17, Gabriel Sherman, “The Wail of the 1%”, in New York, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry to one's mind
• A quadrantectomy is more likely to result in negative surgical margins but may compromise cosmesis.2009, Kirby I. Bland, Edward M. Copeland III, The Breast: Comprehensive Management of Benign and Malignant Diseases, Elsevier Health…. From the entry quadrantectomy
• Without compromising he drilled the ball home, leaving Dynamos' ill-fated keeper diving for fresh air.2007, Craig Cowell, Muddy Sunday. From the entry drill

Meaning of compromise

1. noun The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
2. noun A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
3. noun A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.

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Questions about compromise in a sentence

How do you use compromise in a sentence?

Compromise is used as a noun and verb. For example: “They tried to compromise the security in the computer by guessing the password.”

What is a short sentence with compromise?

“That's the nature of compromises.”

What does compromise mean?

Compromise means the settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.