How to Use reinforcement in a Sentence

reinforcement

noun
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  • The bridge is in need of reinforcement.
  • We need to prevent enemy reinforcements from reaching the front line.
  • You should encourage good behavior with positive reinforcement.
  • Maybe even by the end of the month, as Young waves in reinforcements for Bruce Bochy’s pitching staff.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 10 July 2023
  • Had to call in some reinforcements to help with the unveil!
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The support goes past the arch too, with heel reinforcement adding to the allure.
    — Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 6 May 2022
  • The plan for rapid reinforcements is itself a work in progress.
    — Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
  • With enough of this reinforcement, a dog will learn to avoid a snake with a single whiff.
    — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 June 2022
  • The Chicago Cubs needed to find reinforcements for the bullpen.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2024
  • As the episode ends, the elf is stuck waiting for reinforcements that aren’t coming.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Cons The reinforcement straps that go on the bottom of the mattress tend to slide off easily.
    — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
  • The screen is glued on and has plastic reinforcement clips.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 26 July 2022
  • Then, under the canopy tent, push up on the reinforcement center pole.
    — Lee Alisha Williams, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Even if the Rockets don't sign any players to max-level deals, reinforcements should be on the way in the first year of the Udoka era.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 1 May 2023
  • The Dodgers might be getting some reinforcements on the roster for the World Series.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
  • That forced the government in Kyiv to rush in reinforcements in a bid to halt the Russian advance.
    — Matthew Mpoke Bigg, New York Times, 26 May 2024
  • Add some steel reinforcement bars and concrete’s what the modern world is made of.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2021
  • In terms of their structural contribution, the reinforcements don't quite make up for the skylights in the roof.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The Kansas City Royals have called in a pair of key reinforcements amid a troubling June slump.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2024
  • The researchers used deep reinforcement learning, a type of AI, to train the humanoid robots to play a one-on-one soccer game.
    — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 1 May 2023
  • When no reinforcements came, the soldiers abandoned their posts and fled to the border bridge, according to the KNU.
    — Helen Regan, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
  • With another dozen reinforcements, the marines moved in a line toward Krynky, the group of 45 trudging along in clusters of two and three.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Other reinforcement from within could help by the end of the season.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The best way to teach your dog to settle is with positive reinforcement.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Now everybody’s in reinforcement mode of ‘this is what school’s like again.
    — Alexandria Jacobson, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The black rubber strap is screwed to the back of the lugs and has an internal titanium reinforcement.
    — Carol Besler, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2023
  • To teach their program the ropes, the Sony AI researchers used a technique called deep reinforcement learning.
    — Sophie Bushwick, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2022
  • Le Pen has been rising in the polls over the past few weeks, which appears in large part rooted in her reinforcement of that sentiment.
    — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2022
  • No one seems confident that the reinforcements can rein in the violence.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The first of potentially thousands of North Korean reinforcements are expected to arrive in the oblast any day now.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024

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