How to Use amend in a Sentence

amend

verb

• He tried to amend the situation by apologizing to me.
• The country's constitution was amended to allow women to vote.
• They voted to amend the law in 1920.
• Their request for leave to amend was denied, and the case was closed.
  — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 22 Nov. 2023
• Avoid heavy clay soils, and amend with grit or peat if needed.
  — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 7 June 2023
• With French hydrangeas, gardeners can amend the soil to change the color of the blooms.
  — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
• Some functions have been amended, but the concept remains much the same.
  — James Raia, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
• Again, the Frank founder could amend her complaint to add a claim for entitlement.
  — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 16 Feb. 2024
• McBride has 20 days to amend her initial filings, per the court document.
  — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
• In 1950, the state amended the constitution to remove burglary from the list of crimes.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
• Originally the bill sought to increase the length of notice to 90 days but was amended.
  — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• In 1968 the state amended the provision again to include murder and rape.
  — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
• If the bill manages to become law this tax season, filers may have to amend their returns.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
• This is the biggest issue raised among several others, all of which the village will try to amend.
  — Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2023
• The judge amended the gag order to cover his and Mr. Bragg’s families.
  — Ben Protess, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
• But now O’Connor saw that her colleagues were ready to make laws gender neutral, and a bill to amend more than 400 of them passed easily.
  — John Jeremiah Sullivan, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
• Install your new plants about a foot beyond the tree’s canopy, amending the soil with compost to further strengthen the plants against the reach of the tree’s root system.
  — Karen Hugg, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
• An idea to eliminate the tampon tax, which was amended into Senate Bill 256 on the House side, didn't make the final cut.
  — Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Mar. 2024
• When Farxiga indeed was named as one of the first 10 drugs, the company amended its complaint with a three-word change to bring it up to date.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
• Footprint Center reserves the right to amend the above list without notice.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 20 Feb. 2024
• Haynes attempted to amend the report to help his case for overturning Airbnb's ban.
  — Tre'vaughn Howard, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
• The City Council will be able to amend it if other cities negotiate better pacts with the Trades Council.
  — Lauren J. Mapp, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
• Last month Icahn amended his loan agreements so that the pledged shares are tied to the company’s book value, which is a less volatile measure.
  — Devon Pendleton, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
• Lawmakers are working on a bill to amend the open enrollment law.
  — Sarah Ritter, Kansas City Star, 29 Jan. 2024
• The Hillcrest update will amend a community plan for a wider area called uptown.
  — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Dec. 2023
• William Doyle, another resident, called for the state to amend the state’s right-to-shelter law to limit the number of migrants it is required to care for.
  — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
• At that point, board chair Carson Rowley amended his proposal to delete any reference to the steeple.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
• When asked, Sanders did not give up on further attempts to amend the Freedom of Information Act.
  — Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2023
• Following an overtime loss in Chicago on Nov. 30, Griffin amended his late-game rule on when to foul while ahead.
  — Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2024
• Both those were amended, the first regarding a revenue requirement for the grocery cuts to take place, the other capping the overtime tax break.
  — Ike Morgan | [e-mail], al, 1 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024