14 sentences with “expand”

With donations, charity can expand its aid and support programs.

The boy began to expand his vocabulary by reading adventure books.

I was able to expand my vocabulary by reading books of different genres.

Through reading, one can expand vocabulary and improve understanding of different topics.

Soon, the conflict escalated as Carthage sided with Syracuse and Rome saw an opportunity to expand Roman power in Sicily.

The Old Kingdom was stable and powerful, though its kings did not use that power to expand their borders beyond Egypt itself.

Using the new military technology of bronze, the New Kingdom was (at times) able to expand Egyptian control into Mesopotamia.

The Roman Empire would continue to expand at times in the following centuries, but never to the extent or at the pace it had under the Republic.

Eventually, when the Romans began to expand beyond Italy itself, it was the Celts who were first conquered and then assimilated into the Republic.

Ramses II was, however, the last of the great pharaohs, and all those who followed him worked to avert disaster rather than to expand Egyptian power.

The long-distance trade routes that had become so important under Parthian rule continued to expand in scope and volume of trade, as did craftsmanship and manufacturing in Sassanid territory.

The Viking raids were so sudden and so destructive that Charlemagne himself ordered the construction of fortifications at the mouth of the Seine River and began to expand his naval defences to try to defend against them.

Roman citizens were, by law, supposed to have a stake in the Republic. They took pride in who they were, and it was the common patriotic desire to fight and expand the Republic among the citizen-soldiers that created, at least in part, such an effective army.

Although they offered basic education to the laity, the official focus of the cathedral schools was the training of priests. They began to expand after 1000 CE, offering a more focused and rigorous grounding in sacred texts and, to some extent, ancient texts from Rome, to help educate Church leaders and laity.