How to Use déjà vu in a Sentence

déjà vu

noun

• When the car broke down again, it was déjà vu.
• The rise in housing costs is déjà vu all over again.
• I entered the room and immediately felt a sense of déjà vu.
• In a painful deja vu, the new house burned in the Park Fire on July 25.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2024
• But this game for him was like deja vu of Game 3 last year for him, just all the way around.
  — Tania Ganguli, latimes.com, 7 June 2018
• Strauss, 48, who works for the World Bank, had a moment of deja vu while walking through the house.
  — Scott Sowers, miamiherald, 8 Mar. 2018
• Given how the first round went, the deja vu could be bad news for Walker.
  — Time, 6 Dec. 2022
• The play caused deja vu for Young, who recalled seeing a pass just like that a decade ago.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
• Instead, her 2022 State of the City speech Tuesday night felt a bit like deja vu.
  — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Jan. 2022
• There was an air of deja vu as Riyad Mahrez slotted across the face of goal and Sterling tapped home.
  — SI.com, 1 Oct. 2019
• Not practicing in the spring seems like deja vu from last year.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2025
• When the trailer for Prime Video’s new series Harlem first dropped, a wave of deja vu washed over many of us.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 13 Dec. 2021
• Today, the rise of AI is giving me a feeling of deja vu all over again.
  — Thomas H. Ruggie, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
• This sparked a strange feeling of deja vu for viewers at home.
  — SI.com, 4 Aug. 2019
• Dining at Good Good Culture Club gave me a strong sense of deja vu.
  — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2022
• And some can't help but feel an impending sense of deja vu.
  — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2020
• The jeans in question come in three shades: driftwood, deja vu, and Venus, and the sizes are still pretty well stocked, but that won’t last!
  — Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
• Unlike in the film, this deja vu is nothing to worry about.
  — Luke Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Aug. 2021
• For Trudy Flesner, the whole situation has played out like a bad case of deja vu.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 1 Feb. 2021
• Balancing all of those worlds kind of feels like deja vu.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 2 Feb. 2024
• Kansas can’t defend the long ball Kansas fans may feel a sense of deja vu.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2024
• The Browns almost had a case of deja vu on Thursday night from their collapse on Sunday vs. the Jets.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 22 Sep. 2022
• Facing deja vu Friday night, the Wildcats proved that things — and times — have changed.
  — Arizona Daily Star, azcentral, 28 Feb. 2020
• Julius Davis ran for an 84-yard touchdowns to start the scoring and perhaps give Central a sense of deja vu.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 Oct. 2017
• Bella Hadid stepped out today in New York City in a look that gave us deja vu.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2020
• For Richards, the injury was almost the worst possible kind of deja vu.
  — Tom Bogert, New York Times, 10 June 2026
• Now, a sense of deja vu has emerged.
  — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 7 May 2026
• For Tigers starter Jack Flaherty, Thursday night was deja vu all over again.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
• There is a distinct sense of deja vu.
  — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
• Chen says the spending on holiday promotions gave him a sense of deja vu.
  — John Ruwitch, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026