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.
• But the staff failed to compensate for the lineup’s collective shortcomings too.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2022
• In turn, some researchers suggest the government could then use the revenues to compensate those hit hardest by climate change.
  — Steven Yoder, Time, 20 Oct. 2022
• As a result, the user has to continuously counter-steer in order to compensate.
  — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
• Mounding and trees also will be used to compensate for the lesser setback distances and shield the neighboring properties.
  — Beth Mlady, cleveland, 29 Oct. 2022
• For the most part, the superstar’s plan to shift focus from those early projects to her newer editions, which better compensate her when they’re purchased or streamed, has worked brilliantly.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
• Many may similarly feel that no amount of money can properly compensate for rising waters swallowing their ancestral homeland.
  — Noah Gordon, The New Republic, 26 Oct. 2022
• While such overworking might not be a problem in our short experiment, those who work for tips might be continually pushed to work more shifts to compensate for the uncertainty in their earnings.
  — Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
• But the gain over time will more than compensate for the near-term pain.
  — Kk Ottesen, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2022
• Thin out their top growth to compensate for roots lost in the process.
  — Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 26 Jan. 2018
• And all for no pay, as the NFL doesn’t compensate the athletes.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 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
• Load up on sugar and salt to compensate for the loss of taste from fat.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 Nov. 2017
• The ones that haven’t pulled out are raising their rates to compensate.
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
• This is a big ask off the layoff but 6-to-1 compensates us.
  — Ed Derosa, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 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
• But the value of the time saved by faster pushbacks would more than compensate for that.
  — The Economist, 14 Dec. 2017
• Sauron has tried to compensate for that loss by making new friends among the elves.
  — EW.com, 6 Aug. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Be sure to analyze those risks and find a way to compensate for them on your end.
  — Nate Nead, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• 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
• Green wants the Bengals to prove it by compensating him like one.
  — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 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
• 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
• Not even the return of Niles, Daphne, and the rest could have compensated for the loss of the show’s original context.
  — TIME, 9 Oct. 2023
• Our main reason to keep paying is so that the school can still compensate the staff.
  — Corbett Smith, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2020
• But if the brain unit is damaged, the system has been designed to compensate.
  — John Wenz, Popular Mechanics, 12 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024