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.
  • Even the press box was renovated with a new floor and chairs.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Don’t be afraid to sell, renovate or change your rental space to long or short term, etc.
    — Jane Stoller, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
  • These grand plans do more than renovate one street or building.
    — Andrew Pulrang, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • The project renovates and expands the square footage of the school.
    — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Last year, the sheep and swine barns were renovated.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2025
  • When his husband was alive, the two of them had renovated the kitchen.
    — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2023
  • The list excludes stores that will be renovated this year.
    — Julianna Duennes Russ, Austin American Statesman, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Here's what hotels were renovated and what's new about them.
    — Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • That is, buying a cheaper home and renovating just to get your foot in the door.
    — Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Before a bank can renovate and optimize, there is work to be done.
    — Alexander Duggan, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2021
  • The second and third floors will not be open, as they are still being renovated.
    — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 25 May 2023
  • Painter moved out only after the landlord made plans to renovate the unit and raise the rent.
    — Renuka Rayasam, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Some houses are renovated once and left alone.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Draft one was just to mark the action of renovating the building.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 22 Aug. 2025
  • City spokesperson Erin Spicer said the plan now is to just renovate the beach.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
  • One of the features of the home, the outdoor kennel, left her stumped as to how to renovate it.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The trio plan to renovate the house to suit a gift shop and warehouse from where online orders will ship.
    — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2021
  • So, the hotel is in the multi-year process of renovating rooms.
    — Todd Plummer, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The Canucks have since made several moves to renovate that group.
    — Harman Dayal, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The kitchen is quite small but nicely renovated (the tile floors are lovely).
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 22 June 2026
  • The full bath in the bedroom is renovated and has a tub; the half-bath in the living room is a nice bonus.
    — Katie McDonough, Curbed, 20 Apr. 2026
  • At the time the Dodgers were renovating their clubhouse for the first time in more than a decade.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2025
  • As anyone who's renovated a home knows, delay adds to price.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Plans are underway to renovate the farmhouse to host overnight stays.
    — Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
  • Still, even if there were no rent freeze, Lee wouldn’t renovate his ramshackle apartment.
    — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Brigham, a mortgage lender by trade, shared his idea to purchase a distressed home, renovate it and give it away.
    — Bill Jones, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2021
  • The stadium was renovated six years ago and the tall roofs on the stands shelter it well from the wind.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • The longer term plan, she was told, is for tenants to move out next year so the building can be renovated or sold.
    — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025

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