Improved

Examples

• She is stouter, too, and altogether improved, continued Miss Rosalind, who was disposed to be very fat. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Then came improved weighted and other safety valves to regulate and control this pressure. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Feeding and fattening countries, besides, must always be highly improved, whereas breeding countries are generally uncultivated. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• In every improved society, the farmer is generally nothing but a farmer; the manufacturer, nothing but a manufacturer. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Galileo soon thereafter greatly improved and increased its capacity, and was the first to direct it towards the heavens. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The improved instrument produces untempered tones without requiring extraordinary variations from the usual arrangement of the keys. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Butter already rancid can be improved by treatment with a stronger solution (8 drachms of acid to 1 gallon of water), followed by washing in pure water. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The spinning machine is simply an improved form of Crompton's mule, already described. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• I felt I was so awkward, she replied, that I made up my mind to be improved in that respect at all events and to learn to dance. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• In 1858 the machine was further improved by substituting an automatic rake for the raker on the machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Italy lay in the centre of what was at that time the improved and civilized part of the world. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• An improved and extended string telephone. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• This principle was the discovery of Soren Hjorth, of Copenhagen, and is fully described in his British patent, No. 806 of 1855, for An Improved Magneto-Electric Battery. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• When the crown lands had become private property, they would, in the course of a few years, become well improved and well cultivated. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• I am not at all improved, Pa. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• To these Nestorian teachers came the fresh Arab mind out of the desert, keen and curious, and learnt much and improved upon its teaching. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• She was, however, unaccountably improved in her appearance and looked very pretty. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then came Leckie, of Stirlingshire, who improved it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Events have occurred which have not improved his temper, and in more instances than one he has not been allowed to have his own way. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• A characteristic feature of the modern practice of medicine is in improved forms of its administration. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I must say for Mr. Guppy that the snuffling manner he had had upon him improved very much. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Hackworth also improved the steam blast, put on the bell, and greatly simplified and modernized the appearance of the locomotive. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• My powers of observation were very much improved after this occurrence. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• You will find Margaret so improved when you come back again! Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Now the introduction of reaping and mowing machines, and other improved agricultural machinery, is not opposed. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The Jacquard loom was also greatly improved by the English inventors, Barlow, Taylor, Martain and others. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Upon my word, I can only answer, because you are so much improved. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• He thought it absurd, after he had reformed, and altered, and improved everywhere, to suit my notions, that I still remained unsatisfied. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• It was good practice, he said, and when the beginners improved, anyone would pay. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Mr. Cruncher's temper was not at all improved when he came to his breakfast. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.

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