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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La Posada closed and was converted into office space, but was resurrected when new owners purchased the building and its grounds in 1997, restoring the hotel and planting new gardens.
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Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Right off the heels of announcing Goop’s new clothing line, Gwyneth Paltrow has decided to join celebrities like Emma Stone, Renée Zellweger, and Sarah Jessica Parker in resurrecting capri pants.
—Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
The Christian evangelical concept of the Rapture is that, during the end times, both living believers and those resurrected from the dead will ascend bodily into heaven to join Jesus at his Second Coming.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
The Christian evangelical concept of the rapture is that at the end times, believers, both alive and resurrected from the dead, will bodily ascend into heaven to gather with Jesus during his second coming.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
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Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
Right off the heels of announcing Goop’s new clothing line, Gwyneth Paltrow has decided to join celebrities like Emma Stone, Renée Zellweger, and Sarah Jessica Parker in resurrecting capri pants.
—Rylee Johnston, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
The Christian evangelical concept of the Rapture is that, during the end times, both living believers and those resurrected from the dead will ascend bodily into heaven to join Jesus at his Second Coming.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Sep. 2025
The Christian evangelical concept of the rapture is that at the end times, believers, both alive and resurrected from the dead, will bodily ascend into heaven to gather with Jesus during his second coming.
—Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
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“Resurrect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurrect. Accessed 29 Sep. 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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