How to Use coexist in a Sentence

coexist

verb
  • The species coexist in the same environment.
  • Can the two countries peacefully coexist?
  • Every member’s personality gets to stand on its own, finding a way to coexist next to the other.
    Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The fine print: There are three freedoms that coexist at airport restaurants and virtually no other dining or drinking establishment in the state.
    Erin Alberty, Axios, 23 Sep. 2024
  • And there is room for all scale and scope of films to coexist.
    Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2023
  • El Conde is many things, some of which tend not to coexist in movies.
    Vulture, 21 Sep. 2023
  • But the four of us coexist in this film as proper leads.
    Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • Last season, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown put to rest any talk that the two couldn’t coexist.
    Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2022
  • In many places, grasslands and forests coexist in a slow-motion tug-of-war.
    Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022
  • She’s learned to coexist with the felines in her foster home.
    Shelter Staff, Kansas City Star, 17 July 2024
  • Hundreds of native plants listed in the book have evolved to coexist with fire.
    Jeastman, oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
  • But experts said most of the dinosaurs shown in the movies didn't coexist during the same timeframe.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 9 June 2022
  • GaN and silicon will coexist for a while in this space.
    IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The shapes and colors seem to embrace and coexist with one another, like strangers who share the same floor of a building.
    Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • After a bloody brawl, Beth and Summer agreed to coexist.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 17 June 2023
  • But shark awareness, and learning to coexist with sharks, is becoming a way of life on the Cape.
    Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 18 May 2022
  • In it, the Tanner clan reunites — except Michelle, of course — and has to re-learn how to all coexist under one roof.
    Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 14 Aug. 2022
  • But Crigler questions whether wolves and cows can live in the same area, much less peacefully coexist.
    Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 29 July 2024
  • Like many in Molise, the people of the towns coexist with the wild landscape, often making their living off the land as farmers.
    Asia London Palomba, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The fact remains, however, that both of these things are here to stay and thus need to coexist peacefully.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • There are two things in this world that can very rarely, if ever, coexist: peeing, and boners.
    Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The voice from all of these efforts must coexist succinctly and be genuine.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • As of now, the pair have chalked it up to a drunken moment and continued to awkwardly coexist at work.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Davis says that Juro spider webs have been seen next to native spider webs, which means the two can coexist.
    Solcyré Burga, TIME, 7 June 2024
  • In this case, emerging technologies will need to be designed to coexist and share the spectrum.
    IEEE Spectrum, 25 July 2023
  • In other words, the cats and the dogs could figure out a way to coexist where everyone benefits.
    Justin Doom, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The frigid temperatures, icy landscape and glaciers coexist with some of the most active volcanoes in the world.
    Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Jay can’t see them, but believes Sam, and the new family of ten must learn to coexist peacefully.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 21 June 2022
  • The green against the gray and blue subdials coexist without clashing.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 1 Apr. 2024
  • For the first time in 10Best history, cars and trucks coexist on the same stage, competing for our annual awards.
    Car and Driver, 28 Dec. 2022

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