It was impossible for Keb to ameliorate the loss of his car without buying a new one. From LearnThat.org.
First World Series manager to ever use the word "ameliorate" in a press conference. From Wordnik.com. [Phillies rain on Rays early, defeat them very late] Reference
The judge noted that the one positive element in Byrne's case was that his counsel didn't attempt to "ameliorate" his position after conviction. From Wordnik.com. [ireland.com Breaking News] Reference
Soon a draught would be produced and would ameliorate the situation. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference
So they should respond to efforts to reverse or ameliorate its damage. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Loeb: An Antidote to Unaccountable Corporate Lies: How to Pass the DISCLOSE Act] Reference
Heine once proposed a society to ameliorate the condition of the rich. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Second, offshore balancing would ameliorate America's terrorism problem. From Wordnik.com. [Pull Those Boots Off The Ground] Reference
His popularity with them he owes to his efforts to ameliorate their condition. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
It is the job of the democratic process to ameliorate the effects of the former. From Wordnik.com. [One Judge's Conservatism] Reference
England, had no tendency to check the traffic, nor ameliorate the condition of the African. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
She had little time for affairs in Santo Domingo, and did nothing to ameliorate conditions. From Wordnik.com. [Santo Domingo A Country with a Future] Reference
Chiarelli says that increasing dwell time and stateside rest is necessary to ameliorate this problem. From Wordnik.com. [TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads] Reference
Anyone who thinks that sparing his life will ameliorate the feelings of the terrorists is grossly naive. From Wordnik.com. [This Week Online] Reference
They desire to ameliorate the material condition of life for all the members of society, even the most privileged. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement] Reference
All ranks, all orders of society, all religions, leaned upon his power to ameliorate disease, and to prolong existence. From Wordnik.com. [On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions] Reference
How does dispersing portions of administrative departments ameliorate issues that are directly related to Federal governance?. From Wordnik.com. [Outlook: Breaking up Washington] Reference
I'm grateful there are many skilled and compassionate veterinary surgeons out there working hard to ameliorate this problem. From Wordnik.com. [What Hands Can Do] Reference
She could ameliorate his lot by numberless kindnesses, which he would enjoy none the less for being unable to detect their source. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
It is no fault of mine that your majesty has to bear the consequences of this refusal, but I will try to ameliorate them as much as I can. From Wordnik.com. [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] Reference
Let us discourage faction, and each, in our several spheres exert ourselves to ameliorate the condition of the inferior classes of society. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 327, January, 1843] Reference
'' In fact, the checks and balances of the American system could be used to ameliorate many of the problems associated with illiberal democracy. From Wordnik.com. [Doubts About Democracy] Reference
This homely old method of producing new types through seedling selection is, I think, going to do a great deal to ameliorate conditions the country over. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
Nuclear energy can help ameliorate the greenhouse effect that is now so urgent, but we still have an extremely hazardous byproduct that lasts for centuries. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Russia’s Power Play] Reference
That the effort to ameliorate the conditions through charity, and the effort to assimilate and yet keep the essentials apart, are ineffectual has been shown. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
The disorders among the peasantry in 1902 led to a special committee being appointed to inquire into and ameliorate their condition and also to improve agriculture. From Wordnik.com. [Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers] Reference
If there is anything I can do to ameliorate or decrease the evil effects of intemperance, I will willingly take my place in the ranks and add my strength to the fight. From Wordnik.com. [Watch Yourself Go By] Reference
At the first, Mr. Henry Hurwitz spoke on the imperative need for concerted action among American Jews in the attempt to ameliorate the conditions among the Jews of Europe. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
The conflict between reason and faith, neither of which can wholly ameliorate human cruelty, was waged in Golding's breast long before it became the subject of his fiction. From Wordnik.com. ["William Golding: The Man Who Wrote 'Lord of the Flies'," by John Carey] Reference
Finally, we have considered the influences which tend to lessen and ameliorate these evils, and the extent to which we may rely on them to benefit the condition of society. From Wordnik.com. [Monopolies and the People] Reference
He stayed until August, and, besides faithfully discharging his duties, he exerted himself in other and various ways to ameliorate the inconveniences to which we were subjected. From Wordnik.com. [Plantation Sketches] Reference
Coarse environments would coarsen people; refined environments would help ameliorate what reformers considered the moral deficiencies of people struggling to adapt to urban life. From Wordnik.com. [The Greening Of Chicago] Reference
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