INCREASE in a Sentence
Learn INCREASE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for INCREASE, such as:
1. Stop beefing about the price increase.
2. When riches increase, the body decreases.
3. There was a rapid increase in the internal trade.
4. There has been an increase in total government spending.
5. Air can be pumped into the diving suit to increase buoyancy.
2. When riches increase, the body decreases.
3. There was a rapid increase in the internal trade.
4. There has been an increase in total government spending.
5. Air can be pumped into the diving suit to increase buoyancy.
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Meanings and Examples of INCREASE
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increase
v. become bigger or greater in amount
v. make bigger or more
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 This cloud continued to increase in size until it became evident that it could only be raised by a great multitude of moving creatures.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2 Fuller knowledge of the organization which produced such terrible results served to increase rather than to lessen the horror which it inspired in the minds of men.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
3 Napoleon, on the other hand, argued that the great need of the moment was to increase food production, and that if they wasted time on the windmill they would all starve to death.
4 There were many more creatures on the farm now, though the increase was not so great as had been expected in earlier years.
5 Without the aid of our wealth, they could neither furnish forth their hosts in war, nor their triumphs in peace, and the gold which we lend them returns with increase to our coffers.
6 Not only at home did her value increase, but at the Parsonage too.
7 Having bestowed a scowl upon the object of this warning, to increase its effect, Mr. Sikes continued.
8 Believe me, I make this request with good reason, for I might otherwise excite hopes destined never to be realised, and only increase difficulties and disappointments already quite numerous enough.
9 Anne haggard, Mary coarse, every face in the neighbourhood worsting, and the rapid increase of the crow's foot about Lady Russell's temples had long been a distress to him.
10 This distinction appeared to increase, and there was one speech of Louisa's which struck her.
11 It would be going only to multiply trouble to the others, and increase his own distress; and a much better scheme followed and was acted upon.
12 The scene without grew darker; mud-coloured clouds bellied downwards from the sky like vast hammocks slung across it, and with the increase of night a stormy wind arose; but as yet there was no rain.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: 7 The Night of the Sixth of November
13 I had the further motive that Baskerville Hall, as the paper says, would certainly remain untenanted if anything were done to increase its already rather grim reputation.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
Context Highlight In Chapter 2. The Curse of the Baskervilles
14 The difficulty of increasing population had been met, I guessed, and population had ceased to increase.
15 Possibly the checks they had devised for the increase of population had succeeded too well, and their numbers had rather diminished than kept stationary.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 A gentle form of exercise will increase your ability to relax.
2 These measures will increase the club's ability to generate revenue/income.
3 Stop beefing about the price increase.
4 The latest increase in interest rates has damped down activity in the housing market.
5 Being rich doesn't actually increase your happiness quotient.
6 Air can be pumped into the diving suit to increase buoyancy.
7 It takes a long time to work around to mentioning a possible increase in pay.
8 The article claims that an increase in crime indicates a decline in moral standards.
9 The force hopes to increase the number of its beat constables.
10 There has been an increase in total government spending.
11 There has been a marked increase in trade between East and West.
12 There was a rapid increase in the internal trade.
13 Love is like the moon; when it does not increase it decreases.
14 When riches increase, the body decreases.
15 The recession has resulted in an unavoidable increase in spending on unemployment benefit.