How to Use home-improvement in a Sentence

home-improvement

adjective

• To avoid this, look for a grill pad, which costs less than $40 at grill specialty or home-improvement stores.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
• The housing market has played a role in the recent home-improvement slowdown.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 9 Sep. 2023
• While Nick takes the lead on home-improvement projects, Jessica makes fumbling attempts to cook and clean.
  — Time, 18 Aug. 2023
• Those seem like less-than-ideal conditions for retailers such as Home Depot, but the main building blocks of home-improvement demand are holding up.
  — Jinjoo Lee, WSJ, 15 Aug. 2023
• The home-improvement retailer’s business is closely tied to the housing market, which has been increasingly shaky as mortgage rates have risen.
  — Isabella Simonetti, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Feb. 2023
• The genre-bending series follows a newly-married couple — portrayed by Stone and Fielder — who are trying to conceive a child while starring in their own home-improvement show.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2023
• Show-goers will also have the opportunity to get home-improvement tips at a number of seminars.
  — By Jackie Salo, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
• Home Depot: The home-improvement chain forecast a drop in profit this year on flat sales as consumer spending declines and cost inflation remains elevated.
  — Margot Patrick, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2023
• Whether reclaimed, sourced from a lumber yard, or purchased at your local home-improvement store, wood presents endless opportunities for creative projects.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• After a road-rage incident between their characters in a home-improvement store’s parking lot, Beef keeps upping the ante with a cascading series of lies and betrayals that the two inflict upon each other.
  — James Grebey, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2023
• Especially known for prostitution is a stretch of about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) close to the city’s northern limit that is flanked by home-improvement stores, single-story businesses, strip malls and cheap motels.
  — Gene Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
• Home Depot reported a decline in third-quarter sales, with consumers pulling back on high-dollar purchases and deferring major home-improvement projects.
  — Dean Seal, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
• Check out demonstrations, hundreds of home-improvement and home decorating products and services, plant sales and face-to-face consultations with garden experts.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2023
• At the Good Housekeeping Institute, our analysts and home-improvement experts test a range of essentials for outdoor spaces, from inflatable pools to pool toys, lawn mowers and backyard hammocks.
  — Olivia Lipski, Good Housekeeping, 14 Mar. 2023
• The chain benefited from a surge in home-improvement projects during the pandemic but has recently been affected by consumers’ shift toward spending on experiences instead.
  — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2023
• The proposal also wants the teams to establish a $5 million loan guarantee fund to provide low-interest auto and home-improvement loans for residents and workers at both stadiums aimed at building wealth in Black and Hispanic communities.
  — Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 27 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024