get better
Example Sentences
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Little by little, though, she’d start to get better, till she was coming close to being my mama again.
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The next morning I ran over to the brook, and before it could start gabbing, I told it, “Hey, Mama’s going to get better and pretty soon every-thing’s going to be just the way it was.”
From Literature
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Most people get better with one or two weeks' bed rest, but for some flu can develop into pneumonia.
From BBC
"He had a great mentality to get better, to be patient, but also to be frustrated and angry - you get that at times during your career."
From BBC
“I will get better,” she murmured to the Kokeshi doll, “and someday I’ll race like the wind.”
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.