How to Use negotiate in a Sentence

negotiate

verb
  • The customer wanted to negotiate over the price.
  • We negotiated a fair price.
  • She has good negotiating skills.
  • The driver carefully negotiated the winding road.
  • Those funds are then used to negotiate and pay off debts over time.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • There’s a lot of ways to negotiate.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2026
  • So negotiating a fair price is the name of the game.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
  • Bates would be free to negotiate with other teams in this case.
    — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 17 Feb. 2022
  • That means for the next six months, the zoo will not negotiate with other cities.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 7 May 2024
  • The group brought it to their managers to try to negotiate for higher pay.
    — Cora Lewis, Fortune, 20 Mar. 2023
  • In fact, some people are able to negotiate for no down payment at all.
    — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Ask it to summarize them, flag the risks and tell you how to negotiate.
    — Praful Saklani, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Wild retained a lawyer to negotiate a deal.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Prices have dropped, and buyers have more room to negotiate than before.
    — Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 9 May 2026
  • The district is negotiating a new lease with the team.
    — Tom Daykin, jsonline.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Those are the questions on my mind as this deal is being negotiated, as this day is marked.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Teams would then have three days to negotiate with the more than 80% of players who are free agents.
    — Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Teams would then have three days to negotiate with the more than 80% of players who are free agents.
    — Doug Feinberg, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Teams would then have three days to negotiate with the more than 80% of players who are free agents.
    — Doug Feinberg, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Teams then would have three days to negotiate with the more than 80% of players who are free agents.
    — Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
  • News broke last week that the city and the police chief were negotiating for the chief to resign.
    — Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Young would then ride to meet the photographer, and try to negotiate to get the clip for free.
    — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The website said Nvidia had been negotiating a deal for more than a year.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Dale said there's no contract in place yet as the state continues to negotiate the terms.
    — Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Trump urged them to negotiate a ceasefire or else trade deals with the governments would stall.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Keep in mind that online buyers may be looking to negotiate a bit.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 22 June 2026
  • Look, the studios publicly expressed a goal to negotiate a five-year deal with all the unions.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Trump urged them to negotiate a ceasefire or else trade deals with the governments would stall.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Trump urged them to negotiate a ceasefire or else trade deals with the governments would stall.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Spice levels are negotiated with shorthand, on a scale from one to five.
    — Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026

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