How to Use restore in a Sentence

restore

verb
  • The police restored law and order.
  • The government needs to restore confidence in the economy.
  • Hope the home is restored soon.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Dry it with a soft cloth to restore its shine.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Trump has pushed to restore the lake in the past.
    — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Right now, there's no way to restore lost sight.
    — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The grounds and lawn will be restored when the fight is over.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • It was later restored, but shut down again a decade or so ago.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Words alone will not protect lives or restore peace.
    — Kim Aris, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
  • And once dry, fluff with your hands to restore shape and volume.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Access to the site was restored.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • The money has not been restored.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Burnout is deeper and longer-term, a state where rest alone doesn’t restore you.
    — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • If the bare spots are large, use of sod to fill the voids is the best way to restore the lawn.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026
  • What needed to be fixed or restored in the film and the audio?
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 2 Mar. 2026
  • And that’s how peace is restored in Ithaca.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Once the work was finished, the Cubs grounds crew restored the ivy.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • There was no money to restore the studio—or rather, no point.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The airline plans to restore its full schedule in the fall.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Service has since been restored.
    — Cbs Baltimore Staff, CBS News, 23 May 2026
  • Traffic has since been restored.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The union says workers are now looking to restore those wages.
    — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • The artist’s needle does not restore what the camera took.
    — Anel Rakhimzhanova, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Our goal is to restore the fun, healthy, human childhood that most of us had.
    — Eileen Finan, People.com, 22 July 2025
  • It’s been restored in part over the years but maintains much of its ancient roots.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The ceasefire has not restored the old order.
    — Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • At some points, phone lines were also cut off, though they were later restored.
    — Amir-Hussein Radjy, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2026
  • That could include restoring bison to the area.
    — Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 20 May 2026
  • With the right leadership, they can be restored.
    — Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
  • This isn’t about restoring law and order either.
    — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025

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