Improves

Examples

• The manufacturers first supply the neighbourhood, and afterwards, as their work improves and refines, more distant markets. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• But I think Mr. Darcy improves upon acquaintance. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• But what improves the circumstances of the greater part, can never be regarded as any inconveniency to the whole. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• They must begin with some quickness of sight and hand, and exercise improves them. Jane Austen. Emma.
• The wages of labour are the encouragement of industry, which, like every other human quality, improves in proportion to the encouragement it receives. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The dairy becomes more worthy of the farmer's attention, and the quality of its produce gradually improves. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• If he improves at all, it is commonly not with a capital, but with what he can save out or his annual revenue. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• We are all quite well, and Fanny improves every day. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Do you know, Handel, he improves? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.

Edited by Gillian