How to Use improve in a Sentence
improve
verb- Her writing has improved since the beginning of the school year.
- Maybe we'll buy a house when our financial situation improves.
- This operation will greatly improve her chances of survival.
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The siblings aim to help poor women—women like their grandmother—to improve their lives.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2024
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There is no doubt room for the city to improve its schools.
—Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
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The group was plagued by drops in 2022 and needed to improve.
—Matt Stahl | Mstahl@al.com, al, 8 Sep. 2023
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The defense wants and needs to improve over the second half.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2022
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The quality of the grass cows graze on has improved, and so has the beef.
—Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
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This may seem like a long time, but the texture of the bread improves with a long knead time.
—Rick Martinez, Bon Appetit, 31 Oct. 2017
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Here's a look at a few of the big changes that could improve your future flights.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2021
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Luc just wants to play golf with other boys, to be part of the team, and to improve his game.
—Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2021
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Piyasakol told reporters the health of all 13 had improved.
—NBC News, 14 July 2018
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The purpose of cheating is to improve one’s stats and rise up the leaderboard.
—Chris Smith, BGR, 28 Apr. 2022
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Helping to boost your mood, improve your sleep and feel ready for life’s ups and downs.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 2 Jan. 2020
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This, Health notes, is one way to improve your mental health, and that may be right.
—Sarah Conboy, Teen Vogue, 11 July 2018
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This is an ongoing way for towns to improve towns in the ways the town decides.
—Kitty Leshay, Courant Community, 10 July 2018
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That’s a good segue to one of our main challenges: retrofitting to improve public health.
—Julie Lasky, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2020
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Great size/speed ratio, needs to improve his feel in the passing game.
—Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 27 Apr. 2018
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Tap or click for a simple swap that could improve your speeds.
—Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 13 Feb. 2022
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But the changes have improved work life for Carrafelli and Manomai and their team.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
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Things to improve Both teams had problems with turnovers.
—James Weber, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2023
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Name one specific thing the city could do to improve them.
—Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 28 Dec. 2020
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The researchers plan to open-source this tool so that others can expand and improve on the work.
—Josh Hendrickson, PCMAG, 22 Jan. 2024
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And will the cold front improve the state’s air quality?
—Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 Jan. 2022
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Add plenty of compost to your soil to improve drainage.
—Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Oct. 2022
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Louisville’s run defense is much improved from a year ago.
—Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 24 Nov. 2019
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Things will improve for a time and then go right back being a problem.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2019
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Most people want to improve themselves, but not too many want to work at it.
—Harvey MacKay, Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
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He has not been asked to do much pass protection, so that will need to improve.
—Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2021
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The act passed in 2020 and provides funding to improve infrastructure and expand recreation opportunities in national parks, according to its website.
—Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024
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