How to Use heal in a Sentence

heal

verb
  • The ointment will help heal the wound.
  • You've got to give the injury time to heal.
  • After the divorce, he needed some time to heal.
  • Time did not heal those wounds.
    — Garrett Shanley, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Even hot girls need a break to heal.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In some places, the scars haven’t healed.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Time sure as hell doesn’t heal all wounds.
    — Howard Blum, Air Mail, 30 May 2026
  • Dick’s life leaves scars, which don’t heal.
    — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
  • So, once those start to heal up as well.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2026
  • He's healed up now is in a big sweet heart!
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Over time, the tree will try to heal the wound.
    — Ahmad Bajjey, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • To soothe is not to heal a wound, a heart, a bone.
    — Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026
  • Watch the video above to learn how to heal dry and chapped lips.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
  • But those things are going to heal.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 May 2026
  • We are assured that his brain will heal.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026
  • That was the most healing thing about it.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2025
  • This is the wound which can never heal.
    — Kathy Hersh, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2026
  • How long does frostbite take to heal?
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Supply chains heal in months, not days.
    — Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Who doesn’t want fractures to be healed?
    — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 3 June 2026
  • These wounds must heal for your lawn to remain healthy.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 23 June 2026
  • You’re allowed to feel and heal at the same time.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But what if a wound opened here can never be healed?
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 23 June 2026
  • With a few days off Springer should have some time to heal.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
  • That joy is part of your path, and that laughter heals.
    — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 19 Oct. 2025
  • There’s comfrey and marigold oil to make the skin heal faster.
    — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Sep. 2022
  • This is when a cell reverts to a stem cell state to heal.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
  • His case started with a swollen lymph node that wouldn’t heal.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2026
  • There’s no room for guilt on the track, and love just might heal what hurts her.
    — Whitney Perry, Glamour, 7 June 2022
  • The machine does the work of the lungs to give them time to heal.
    — Ariel Hart, ajc, 3 Jan. 2022

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