Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"I am restoring it at vast expense - how many people complaining would put their hand in their pocket?"

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2021

The important thing he is doing is for the first time, and he says this in the interview, “Do not say I’m reforming Islam. I am restoring Islam.”

From Slate • Nov. 29, 2017

I feel I am restoring some of the basic elements of Russian ballet.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am not determining a point of law; I am restoring tranquillity: and the general character and situation of a people must determine what sort of government is fitted for them.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

I am not determining a point of law, I am restoring tranquillity; and the general character and situation of a people must determine what sort of government is fitted for them.

From Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America by Burke, Edmund