AMELIORATE in a Sentence

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1. Work for the amelioration of prisons.
2. I have heard that Liebig has made some wonderful discoveries in the amelioration of soils.
3. Many social workers have attempted to ameliorate the conditions of people living in the slums.

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 Meanings and Examples of AMELIORATE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ameliorate
 v.  make or become better; improve; grow better
Classic Sentence:
1  I felt the greatest eagerness to hear the promised narrative, partly from curiosity and partly from a strong desire to ameliorate his fate if it were in my power.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 4
2  energy; it should have for effort and effect to ameliorate the condition.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER
3  Spring drew on: she was indeed already come; the frosts of winter had ceased; its snows were melted, its cutting winds ameliorated.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
4  Work for the amelioration of prisons.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—M. MYRIEL BECOMES M. WELCOME
5  It is to this point that philosophy and progress tend, with all their organs simultaneously, by their amelioration of the real, as well as by their contemplation of the absolute.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER II—THE LOWEST DEPTHS
6  I have heard that Liebig has made some wonderful discoveries in the amelioration of soils.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
Example Sentence:
1  Many social workers have attempted to ameliorate the conditions of people living in the slums.