How to Use rendition in a Sentence

rendition

noun
  • That’s the rendition used on Comes a Time in 1978, and the one found on Chrome Dreams.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Bing Crosby recorded one of the most famous renditions of the song in the late 1940s.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Lenker’s new rendition of the song is patient and piano-based, a rare thing for the guitarist.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Both bride and groom were overcome with emotion as the duo crooned their rendition.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 22 Dec. 2023
  • For most of Malone's acoustic renditions, the ting of his guitar and the rasp of his voice were the only sounds coming from the stage.
    Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 10 July 2023
  • Sanchez will also perform the ASL rendition of the halftime show.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The French do not like an Englishman’s rendition of Napoleon.
    Catherine Porter, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • The designs are based on the book’s renditions, drawn by other artists and based on fossils, of what the animals looked like.
    J. Harry Jones, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Her rendition serves as the lead single from the live action remake of the classic The Little Mermaid.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2023
  • The rendition used was from a live performance in Chicago.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 2 July 2023
  • In France, it is usually made with boneless chunks of beef, but a rendition with short ribs works well.
    David Tanis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The Mac Daddy is a creamy rendition of baked mac and cheese with tomatoes, bacon and bell peppers.
    Kynala Phillips, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2024
  • But this rendition – adapted from the Broadway show – has singing and dancing.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The Cognac comes in an artist’s rendition of a dame-jeanne (also known as a demijohn, the glass vessel used to store Cognac).
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Met Gala 2023 fashion: The best looks from the red carpet The look, which came complete with a white feather wig, was a more playful rendition of the evening’s theme.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • The bag is a metal rendition of the beloved Hourglass silhouette.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 14 Aug. 2023
  • In its earliest renditions, the EEG used crude ink to scrawl a patient’s brain waves on paper tape.
    Lucy Tu, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2023
  • An artist can submit a live version of a track at any time; the only rule is the live rendition must have been recorded within the past five years.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 July 2023
  • Listen to the percussion-free rendition of the track, and check out the new version’s artwork, below.
    Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 28 Sep. 2023
  • With the lights off, the camera showed a dull rendition of my Jeep’s bright red body and watered down pink overhead storage totes to a beige color.
    Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Towards the end of his rendition, cameras panned to the music icon herself, who could be seen rubbing tears from her eyes.
    Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2023
  • All three of the judges were noticeably moved by Amen’s rendition of the song, with Bryan visibly tearing up.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Tongi stood out with his haunting rendition of the folk-rock classic, which brought Perry to tears.
    Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The seasonings can change — for this rendition, the couple used fennel seeds, bay, sage and chili powder.
    Lauren Joseph, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • In early renditions the petals were a large disc; the flower design turned out to be more efficient.
    IEEE Spectrum, 8 Sep. 2023
  • At the celebration, every rendition of the LBD was unique.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 28 Apr. 2023
  • But distillers in the U.S. have been producing their renditions for only about three decades.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 19 June 2023
  • Vocalist Edith Victoria injects a fair amount of bite, adding more of the band’s signature pop punk edge to the group’s rendition of the track.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 7 Aug. 2023
  • This rendition of the popular dessert has a few special touches that give it a Southern spin.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 17 July 2023
  • The pathos of Garland’s ecstatic renditions enabled Boyt to begin to work through her grief.
    Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023

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