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• The convention of driving on the right is reinforced by law.From the entry convention
• The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.From the entry corner
• The reinforcing wire has to be wrapped in tension to be effective in strengthening the main part.From the entry reinforcing
• The reinforcing for the roof will be installed before the hurricane season begins.From the entry reinforcing
• The impregnation of reinforced and prestressed concrete highway structures using hydrophobic pore-lining impregnants.From the entry impregnant
• Occasions that reinforce the ties of kindred.From the entry tie
• Cement is a binding agent in reinforced concrete.From the entry binding agent
• The notion of soulmates reinforces the myth of supermonogamy.From the entry supermonogamy
• The airworthiness directive called for riveting a reinforcing doubler to the wing midspar web to keep the spar from buckling under flight loads.From the entry doubler
• When you're dealing with Tom, you need to keep in mind that he can be a button pusher sometimes. Stay cool, and don't reinforce that behavior.From the entry button pusher
• If it's sweet and reinforces Christian ideology, they're all in, baby!2024, Chris Morgan, 99 Episodes That Defined the '90s: Television Milestones from Arsenio to Homer to Yada Yada Yada, McFarland…. From the entry Ned Flanders
• The bullrail should be sufficiently reinforced and anchored to the desk structure.2018, J. Paul Guyer, An Introduction to Structural Design of Piers and Wharves, page 19. From the entry bullrail
• The city was reinforced with a large contingent of Macedonian colonists and rapidly Macedonianized.2018, Richard A. Billows, Before and After Alexander: The Legend and Legacy of Alexander the Great, Abrams, →ISBN. From the entry Macedonianize
• Despite their good intentions, family members who participate in OCD rituals help reinforce the problem.2017, Christine Honders, OCD: The Struggle with Obsessions and Compulsions, page 44. From the entry ritual
• In Alberta, for example, policy documents reinforce an artificial distinction between leadership-related activity and management.2016 November 10, Gabriele Lakomski, Scott Eacott, Colin W. Evers, Questioning Leadership: New directions for educational organisations…. From the entry artificial
• The absence of xenocrystal contamination reinforces the primary character of this layer.2015 October 13, “A Human Deciduous Tooth and New 40Ar/39Ar Dating Results from the Middle Pleistocene Archaeological Site of Isernia La…. From the entry xenocrystal
• I looked at her, trying to find something that reinforced my manning down.2013, Alexei Auld, Tonto Canto Pocahontas, [United States]: TemRose Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry man down
• The purposive meaning desemanticizes and a new marker is drafted in to reinforce the purposive meaning.2011, Michael T. Putnam, Studies on German-Language Islands, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 406. From the entry desemanticize
• Other features included symmetrical couters attached by arming points and symmetrical pauldrons, often with reinforcing plates (gardbraces).2011, Mike Ingram, Battle Story: Bosworth 1485, The History Press, →ISBN. From the entry gardbrace
• Neurosexism reflects and reinforces cultural beliefs about gender—and it may do so in a particularly powerful way.2010, Cordelia Fine, Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference, W. W. Norton, →ISBN, page xxviii. From the entry neurosexism
• First, it reinforces Capital’s drive towards atomistic individualization (you are sick because of your brain chemistry).2009, Mark Fisher, chapter 5, in Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?, Zero Books, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry SSRI
• The syndrome is often moderated by other Australian characteristics, and reinforces the enigma of Australian leadership.2007, Neal M. Ashkanasy, “9: The Australian Enigma”, in Jagdeep Singh Chhokar, Robert J. House, Felix C. Brodbeck, editors, Culture and…. From the entry tall poppy syndrome
• The showlike aspects are reinforced by TV shows about the practice of selling politics and media manipulation.2006, Felix Stalder, Manuel Castells: the theory of the network society. From the entry showlike
• This gesture seems to reinforce the hosts' desire to make everyone feel welcome.2005, Vivien Lougheed, Belize Pocket Adventures, page 65. From the entry complimentary
• The general suspicion of businesspeople within the population also extends to the bureaucracy and reinforces obstructivism.2003, Katherine Blue Carroll, Business as Usual?: Economic Reform in Jordan, page 212. From the entry obstructivism
• (vii) The manifer (reinforcing bridle gauntlet for the tilt) was examined in cross-section.2003, Alan R. Williams, The Knight and the Blast Furnace: A History of the Metallurgy of Armour in the Middle Ages & the Early Modern…. From the entry manifer
• Despite being second dialect learners, hypocorrect speakers are reinforcing linguistic divergence.1999, John Baugh, Out of the Mouths of Slaves, →ISBN. From the entry hypocorrect
• The reinforced steel columns showed no signs of over-stressing due to uneven settlementation.1999, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on District of Columbia Appropriations, District of…. From the entry settlementation
• After applying insulation boards, adhere reinforcing mesh to the board surface.1999, Leon A. Frechette, Build Smarter with Alternative Materials, page 136. From the entry backwrap
• The pain continued for 20 to 30 seconds, only to be reinforced by the next breaking wave.Harris, Mark (6 September 1997), “Cerebral vasoconstriction causing decrease in arterial flow may have role”, in Ice cream headache…. From the entry ice cream headache
• The effort’s primary material systems are vinyl esters and polyurethanes, reinforced with inexpensive chopped-glass rovings.1996, Steven Ashley, “Composite car structures pass the crash test”, in Mechanical Engineering, volume 118, number 12, page 60. From the entry ester
• On the contrary, as we shall see, they were merely rationalized and reinforced by the Salazarist system.1985, John S. Saul, chapter I, in John S. Saul, editor, A Difficult Road: The Transition to Socialism in Mozambique, New York: Monthly…. From the entry Salazarist
• This latter leadership reflected and reinforced more the "consensual" as opposed to "conflictional" political and social tendencies.1981, David McBride, M. H. Little, “The Afro-American Elite, 1930-1940: A Historical and Statistical Profile,”, in Phylon, volume 42…. From the entry conflictional
• Which forms of political cues convey or reinforce which meanings in mass publics?1971, Murray Edelman, Politics as Symbolic Action: Mass Arousal and Quiescence, page 36. From the entry aesthetic information
• These encover the thread sutures and further reinforce the action of the thread "sling".1961, Berichte - Volume 2. From the entry encover

Meaning of reinforce

1. verb To strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.
2. verb To emphasize or review.
3. verb To encourage (a behavior or idea) through repeated stimulus.

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How do you use reinforce in a sentence?

Reinforce is used as a verb. For example: “He reinforced the handle with a metal rod and a bit of tape.”

What is a short sentence with reinforce?

“Occasions that reinforce the ties of kindred.”

What does reinforce mean?

Reinforce means to strengthen, especially by addition or augmentation.