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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One perhaps shouldn’t worry too much about AI being prompted to resurrect a talk-show host, what with the whole format dying anyway.
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Released in 1993, Hocus Pocus is set on a Halloween Night when three 17th century witches — Winnie (Midler), Sarah (Parker), and Mary (Najimy) — are resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts, hundreds of years after their heyday.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Today’s social media tradwives have resurrected Beecher and Child’s blueprint almost beat for beat.
—Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
In 2011, coach Steve Fisher and his San Diego State staff recruited a 6-foot-8 forward who had been cut from his high school team and resurrected his career at a junior college in Santa Monica.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
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Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
Released in 1993, Hocus Pocus is set on a Halloween Night when three 17th century witches — Winnie (Midler), Sarah (Parker), and Mary (Najimy) — are resurrected in Salem, Massachusetts, hundreds of years after their heyday.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 6 May 2026
Today’s social media tradwives have resurrected Beecher and Child’s blueprint almost beat for beat.
—Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
In 2011, coach Steve Fisher and his San Diego State staff recruited a 6-foot-8 forward who had been cut from his high school team and resurrected his career at a junior college in Santa Monica.
—Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 May 2026
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“Resurrect.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resurrect. Accessed 10 May. 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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