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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Most companies don’t like to promote their failures, and canceling Police Squad was undeniably a dumb move, so ABC/Disney is unlikely to want to resurrect the kind of sound bites like in the article linked above.
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Which might suggest zombie action à la The Last of Us, except these resurrected have no evident interest in eating anyone’s brains, just in returning to their old lives.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation late Wednesday preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States.
—Arkansas Online, 5 June 2025
Monday President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation last night preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Which might suggest zombie action à la The Last of Us, except these resurrected have no evident interest in eating anyone’s brains, just in returning to their old lives.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025
President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation late Wednesday preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States.
—Arkansas Online, 5 June 2025
Monday President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation last night preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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“Resurrect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurrect. Accessed 30 Jun. 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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