bettered

It is for the reader to say whether Shakespeare blurred the picture, or bettered it.

I thought they might have bettered that a couple of seconds.

Men were slow enough to recognise this bettered aspect of their fortune.

The Boss said for a miniature word painting that couldn't be bettered.

Doubtless they were satisfied that they had not bettered their condition by what they had done.

“Socrates could not have bettered it,” commended Sir Blaise.

Stone had had two pair to go on and had not bettered at the draw.

"I'm not sure that couldn't be bettered, Mr. Locke," he demurred.

The longing to be shielded, bettered, sympathised with, is one of the attributes of the sex.

I won't say that years have bettered your appearance; 'tisn't their way.