How to Use rehabilitate in a Sentence

rehabilitate

verb

• The city plans to rehabilitate its slum areas.
• The country has rehabilitated its image since the war.
• He's still rehabilitating the knee he injured last summer.
• They try to rehabilitate horses that have suffered injuries.
• The clinic rehabilitates drug addicts.
• The program is intended to rehabilitate criminals.
• In the souk in the center of town, some aid groups have begun to rehabilitate shops.
  — Raja Abdulrahim Nicole Tung, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2023
• The prospect of dealing with the pain and having to rehabilitate the injury felt scary.
  — Angela Ruggiero, Contributor, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2024
• After the mine closed, no moves were made to rehabilitate the land.
  — Yan Zhuang Matthew Abbott, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
• The City Council agreed to spend about $11.2 million to buy and rehabilitate the motel, which was described as in poor shape at the time.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2022
• That shows us that people age out of crime and many have done the work to rehabilitate after decades behind bars.
  — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2023
• At the time, Ball was given a six-to-eight-week window to rehabilitate from surgery and rebuild strength.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2022
• The show aims not just to rehabilitate Lethière as an artist but also to tell the story of a remarkable life.
  — Amy Crawford, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2024
• Healthy cities must build new things and rehabilitate old ones.
  — Emily Badger, New York Times, 1 July 2023
• Still rehabilitating is Cam Latu, a 2023 third-round pick who has a year’s worth of mental reps and still must prove himself on the field.
  — Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
• The city wants public input on the future of the 56-year-old icon: Repair it, rehabilitate it or replace it?
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2023
• After all, the premise of much of this year’s coverage — did the Globes rehabilitate themselves?
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023
• The pup appeared to be alone and badly injured, so one hiker took him home and tried to rehabilitate him, Younger said.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2021
• There’s the need to de-mine huge areas of the country, and to rehabilitate agricultural land.
  — WIRED, 10 July 2023
• The department deemed now the time to rehabilitate portions of Ohio 562 to prevent any danger in the future.
  — The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024
• Many are Black or brown, and the White House said each has displayed efforts to rehabilitate themselves.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2022
• That would have given the QB 13 days to recover, rehabilitate and prepare for the Ravens.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 29 Nov. 2021
• The team will then decide if Wesley can rehabilitate the injury and return to the field, or if surgery will be required.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2022
• Crews will replace the concrete deck of the railroad bridge and rehabilitate its piers, steel beams and concrete portions, the release states.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2021
• Many of the birds had been rehabilitated by the center, others the product of its breeding program.
  — Gertrude Kitongo, CNN, 22 Feb. 2024
• The actor was seen rehabilitating his leg by using it to pedal with the assistance of a pole-like tool.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 26 Mar. 2023
• The media can rehabilitate its image in the eyes of a suspicious public by deepening its ties to the elites.
  — Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
• The only effective long-term answer is of course to build and rehabilitate more housing — a lot more.
  — Ben Harris, The Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2024
• Birds that have been rehabilitated, but are too injured to return to nature, become ambassadors for their species and the center.
  — Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 21 Oct. 2024
• Knight said every person should be able to have a fresh start rehabilitating themselves and making an honest living.
  — Stephen Simpson, Austin American-Statesman, 15 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024