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
• 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
• 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
• In total, the project will replace 43 bridges and rehabilitate six.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Oct. 2021
• But even Western brands have made the mistake of attempting to rehabilitate the swastika as a symbol of peace.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2022
• Prosecutors could ask a judge to conduct a hearing regarding the teen’s fitness to be rehabilitated in the juvenile system, which could result in the case being transferred to adult court, Jenkins said.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 4 Sep. 2024
• Vance’s tonal shift was an attempt not just to rehabilitate his own image but to help his ticket appeal to the last remaining undecided voters, who are likely to be more moderate than the base supporters who cheer him and Trump at rallies.
  — Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024