How to Use compensate in a Sentence

compensate

verb

• The price of the item has been reduced to compensate for a defect.
• She was not compensated for the damage done to her car.
• His enthusiasm compensates for his lack of skill.
• Thin out their top growth to compensate for roots lost in the process.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 26 Jan. 2018
• But the gain over time will more than compensate for the near-term pain.
  — Kk Ottesen, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
• Load up on sugar and salt to compensate for the loss of taste from fat.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2017
• But the value of the time saved by faster pushbacks would more than compensate for that.
  — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017
• The ones that haven’t pulled out are raising their rates to compensate.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• The frame’s backing is quite deep, so use a long nail to hang to compensate for the gap.
  — Kate McGregor, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Mar. 2023
• To compensate, the baker added the chocolate to the dough and the chocolate chip cookie was born.
  — Tyler Carter, Dallas News, 30 July 2021
• Be sure to analyze those risks and find a way to compensate for them on your end.
  — Nate Nead, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• Not as thick as others but the taste compensated for that.
  — cleveland, 21 May 2020
• The good humor and warmth in the room more than compensated for the rainy weather outside.
  — Ruth Sowby Rands, latimes.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• Our main reason to keep paying is so that the school can still compensate the staff.
  — Corbett Smith, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2020
• Will clubs pay less for free agents to compensate for the pay increase for young players?
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2022
• No check can compensate for the time lost and damage wrought by these compounds.
  — Jasper Craven, The New Republic, 28 June 2021
• Will need to maximize strength to help compensate for lack of size.
  — oregonlive, 16 May 2021
• Hold soil around their roots, and trim their tops back by half after the dig to compensate for the roots that are lost.
  — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 17 Dec. 2021
• Those who may remove the suppressor have to compensate for the added height of the sights when shooting.
  — T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 25 Oct. 2023
• There should be a way for those at major schools to be compensated.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 16 Jan. 2020
• You may be tempted to buy-in to the idea that a good workout can compensate for a bad diet.
  — Hlth Code, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Nov. 2021
• But if the brain unit is damaged, the system has been designed to compensate.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2017
• Ruppel knew what was at stake and what the Comets had to do to compensate for their loss of seniors.
  — Craig Clary, baltimoresun.com, 11 June 2021
• Try to put him to bed as early as possible to compensate for this.
  — Tiffany Dufu, Good Housekeeping, 13 Feb. 2017
• Green wants the Bengals to prove it by compensating him like one.
  — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2020
• The best visual effects in the world will not compensate for a story told badly.
  — Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2020
• Thoughtfully, the menu prices have been cut to compensate.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• But the money may not be used to compensate for revenue shortfalls.
  — The Economist, 18 June 2020
• The next step is for an employment tribunal to decide how to compensate dozens of claimants.
  — Scott McLean, CNN, 19 Feb. 2021
• One is that higher returns compensate for some form of risk.
  — The Economist, 1 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024