heal
verb (used with object)
to make healthy, whole, or sound; restore to health; free from ailment.
have healed
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present perfectof heal.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Check out the full interview with Zicherman, in which he discusses dimensionalizing Hernandez, the player's immense paranoia, and "people and institutions" who may have healed a level of adjacent culpability.
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2024
"The chapter closed and boarded up. There is nothing to avenge, no scores to settle once wounds have healed," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2024
The mental scars appear to have healed as well.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
"You have healed many women and today we are asking you to heal this country too," said supporter Justine Mafu as she awaited Mukwege's announcement.
From Reuters ● Oct. 2, 2023
But Mami now says we're not going back, not for a long time, not till the wounds in our hearts have healed.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
