strengthen

Definition:
1. Make strong or stronger.
2. Gain strength.
3. Give a healthy elasticity to.

Use 'strengthen' in a sentence:

• 1. His speech strengthens the impression he is the main power in the organization.
• 2. The builders will have to strengthen the existing joists with additional timber.
• 3. Today the move is to liberate the woman, which may in the end strengthen the marriage union.
• 4. To strengthen the exploitation and utilization of cattail plant resources in environmental protection would create huge market potential.
• 5. Giving the president the authority to go to war would strengthen his hand for peace.
• 6. If the government clamps down on the movement, that will only serve to strengthen it in the long run.
• 7. Conversations are links, which means when you have a conversation with a new person a link gets formed and every conversation you have after that moment will strengthen the link.
• 8. By raising a family's standard of living, a working wife may strengthen her family's financial and emotional stability.
• 9. Taking exercise can not only strengthen your body but also release you from stress.
• 10. It will draw you closer together, and it will strengthen the bond of your relationship.
• 11. To avoid knee pain, you can run on soft surfaces to strengthen your leg muscles.
• 12. They need to fight corruption, strengthen border controls, and improve justice, administration, and state industrial support rules.
• 13. The study further strengthens the evidence linking smoking with early death.
• 14. Expressing oneself in writing is one of the most important skills I teach to strengthen the whole student.
• 15. Perhaps more tests like these will eventually give the researchers the evidence they are seeking and strengthen the case for the existence of telepathy.
• 16. She suggests that humans have always tried to strengthen the pair bond to maximise reproductive success.
• 17. Taking part in some group activities is a good way to strengthen friendships.
• 18. I am also looking urgently at how we can strengthen the law.
• 19. Both these facts strengthen the case against hanging.
• 20. In a strange way, his affair caused our relationship to strengthen.
• 21. Members of parliament have demanded that the police strengthen their protection of themselves and their families.
• 22. We look forward to strengthening still further our already close co-operation with the police service.
• 23. There could be no better way to strengthen the unity of world Jewry.
• 24. We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.
• 25. Any experience can teach and strengthen you, but particularly the more difficult ones.
• 26. To assess whether the authors claimed any causation, researchers then looked for telltale verbs in each paper's title and abstract, verbs like "enhance", "promote", "facilitate", and "strengthen".
• 27. In order to promote education equity, China has invested 36 billion to improve rural educational facilities and strengthen the rural compulsory education in the central and western regions.
• 28. Environmental pressures are strengthening the case for waterborne freight.
• 29. This appointment was an attempt to strengthen her hand in policy discussions.
• 30. Community leaders want to strengthen controls at external frontiers.
• 31. So you're saying this will strengthen the American public's resolve to go to war if necessary?
• 32. This will strengthen the American public's resolve to go to war.
• 33. He has a new fitness regime to strengthen his back.
• 34. The difficulties in her way merely strengthened her resolve.
• 35. The new manager has strengthened the side by bringing in several younger players.
• 36. Eat some enhanced resistance to strengthen the body's resistance to food, like mushrooms, honey, agaric, kelp, citrus, jujube, etc.
• 37. Because of the war, security procedures have strengthened.
• 38. The walls were strengthened to protect them from collapse.
• 39. The agreement strengthened the bonds between the two countries.
• 40. This plywood addition helps to strengthen the structure.
• 41. The new evidence will strengthen their case.
• 42. Their attitude only strengthened his resolve to fight on.
• 43. Yesterday the pound strengthened against the dollar.
• 44. The wind had strengthened overnight.
• 45. Repairs are necessary to strengthen the bridge.
• 46. Her position in the party has strengthened in recent weeks.
• 47. His visit is intended to strengthen ties between the two countries.
• 48. It is a proven fact that fluoride strengthens growing teeth.
• 49. Regular exercise strengthens the heart, thereby reducing the risk of heart attack.
• 50. The move is clearly intended to strengthen the President's position as head of state.
• 51. The exercises are designed to strengthen your stomach muscles.
• 52. Yoga can be used to strengthen the immune system.