How to Use renovate in a Sentence

renovate

verb

• We renovated the kitchen three years ago.
• It's an old factory that has been renovated as office space.
• The project renovates and expands the square footage of the school.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
• Even the press box was renovated with a new floor and chairs.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• Painter moved out only after the landlord made plans to renovate the unit and raise the rent.
  — Renuka Rayasam, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022
• That is, buying a cheaper home and renovating just to get your foot in the door.
  — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 7 Feb. 2024
• When his husband was alive, the two of them had renovated the kitchen.
  — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
• She's complained that a hotel isn't part of the plan to renovate and expand the center.
  — The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2024
• The shopping center has been renovated in the past year.
  — Maria Morales, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2023
• The second and third floors will not be open, as they are still being renovated.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
• Driving the news: The zoo plans to renovate its two bear habitats and add a third space for its bear breeding program.
  — Mike D'onofrio, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
• The owner of the building, Cohen says, is planning to renovate it soon.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 11 July 2022
• The Grinkers planned to renovate it but found that doing so would be too expensive, Grinker said.
  — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2023
• These grand plans do more than renovate one street or building.
  — Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 31 July 2022
• Many sold to Baltimore City Schools teachers who wanted to live in the city but didn’t want to renovate a home.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2023
• At the time, my vision was to renovate the garage space and turn it into a small restaurant dining room.
  — Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023
• Are more squabbles likely to get in the way of progress on what to do about renovating or building a courthouse?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 31 July 2023
• The Sun spent $6 million to renovate the waterfront site.
  — Yacob Reyes, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024
• Vivian Johnson The kitchen was renovated to be a foodie and gourmet cook haven.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 2 Oct. 2024
• All of the guest rooms have been recently renovated — and the color palette is dreamy.
  — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 31 May 2023
• The Story As the Panthers renovate all 158 luxury suites, it’s getting rid of all the old stuff through a rummage sale.
  — Jen Rothacker, Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
• Mark Strong is lending his voice and celebrity to help raise money to renovate a bomb shelter for 327 school kids in Ukraine.
  — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2023
• It and the cocktail bar above it, Milli, are being renovated, says co-founder Elias Pope.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
• For the past few days, a dozen volunteers had been sprucing up the place, renovating the kitchen and repainting the walls with bright colors.
  — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
• Reyes and his wife, Elizabeth, along with her sister, her cousin and their spouses, have been cleaning out the home with plans to renovate it.
  — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 9 June 2023
• Image While the trucks are getting their makeover, each of the more than 6,000 passenger cars gets renovated, too.
  — David Waldstein, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• Pam now lives in the house with her husband, Rick, and the two have managed to renovate the space while keeping some of its historical charm.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 3 Aug. 2023
• The money will fund a range of programs, from grants to build and renovate parks in low-income neighborhoods to school field trips to parks and historic sites.
  — Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
• The architects were given free rein when renovating this little belvedere, a satellite of a triplex that the studio had designed nearby.
  — Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 19 Nov. 2024
• The ongoing construction to renovate the city’s downtown campus, which includes the amphitheater, prompted the relocation.
  — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 28 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024