Sentence examples for were broadening from inspiring English sources
verb
To make broad or broader.
- Travel broadens the mind.
They thought they were broadening the borders of the state.
"This means that they were broadening the base of the profits that corporations were actually taxed on".
When Taliban officials announced that they were broadening their investigation, many people in aid organizations assumed that the passionately Christian assistance mission would be a target.
B6 Stalking the Source INQUIRY WIDENS -- Investigators said they were broadening their search for the source of the highly refined anthrax that has killed three and has infected at least four others.
TOKYO — The Bank of Japan maintained its huge monetary stimulus on Friday and upgraded its view on capital expenditure, encouraged by growing signs that the benefits of its aggressive policy action to escape deflation were broadening.
It was the era of the feminist movement's acrimonious "sex wars," during which the anti-porn faction Andrea Dworkin, Catharine MacKinnon, Robin Morgan, Gloria Steinem battled with "pro-sex" feminists and S/M enthusiasts like Rubin, who believed they were broadening the boundaries of female power and eroticism.
Existing sanctions also were broadened Thursday against several other entities.
After 1940, political activities were broadened to include more people.
Ultimately, industrial courts were broadened beyond commerce to include industry.
Some resonances were broadened beyond detection.
Travel can be broadening.
