Examples of resurrect in a Sentence
The story is about a scientist who claimed that he could resurrect the dead.
He is trying to resurrect his acting career.
an old government program that is being resurrected
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Nikki Glaser Glaser’s expert emcee work during the most recent two Golden Globes telecasts was like a pair of defibrillator paddles that hilariously resurrected a show most of us were fine to let die on the table.
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Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
Written with Owen Temple, the song resurrects an image Baumann had in his mind for years, that of humankind spinning through space, all of us in this together.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2026
The series not only revisits their romance, but also resurrects a distinctly 1990s Manhattan.
—Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
Praise for school meals bill HB 1082 had been tabled in the Senate Appropriations Committee on March 5, but was resurrected later that day, then passed in the Senate in a 20-14 vote on March 9.
—Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 11 Mar. 2026
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Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
Written with Owen Temple, the song resurrects an image Baumann had in his mind for years, that of humankind spinning through space, all of us in this together.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2026
The series not only revisits their romance, but also resurrects a distinctly 1990s Manhattan.
—Amy Louise Bailey, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
Praise for school meals bill HB 1082 had been tabled in the Senate Appropriations Committee on March 5, but was resurrected later that day, then passed in the Senate in a 20-14 vote on March 9.
—Morgan Matzen, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 11 Mar. 2026
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“Resurrect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurrect. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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resurrect
verb
res·ur·rect
ˌrez-ə-ˈrekt 
1
: to raise from the dead : bring back to life
2
: to bring to attention or into use again
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