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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Auerbach's book is genuinely horrifying, resurrecting that visceral terror of 'stranger-danger' most of us learned as kids.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Retro speed resurrected The engine will debut in Runge’s upcoming R3 supercar, a lightweight machine weighing just 1,720 pounds (780 kilograms).
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Hocus Pocus is a Disney movie about teens who accidentally resurrect a trio of witches.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
To Kean, these attempts to resurrect the past are a refreshing corrective to traditional archeology.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
Retro speed resurrected The engine will debut in Runge’s upcoming R3 supercar, a lightweight machine weighing just 1,720 pounds (780 kilograms).
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
Hocus Pocus is a Disney movie about teens who accidentally resurrect a trio of witches.
—Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
To Kean, these attempts to resurrect the past are a refreshing corrective to traditional archeology.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Resurrect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurrect. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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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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