How to Use reconstruct in a Sentence

reconstruct

verb

• They are attempting to reconstruct the events that led to the bridge's collapse.
• Archaeologists were able to reconstruct most of the ancient village from their findings.
• After the earthquake, many houses needed to be reconstructed.
• But there is still enough to reconstruct the pillars of his ideas.
  — Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• Dad will have hours of fun reconstructing his childhood with this set.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
• Once the boat is on land, the team will reconstruct it—and begin studying it up close.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2023
• Two years later, the brand linked with Hanes to reconstruct tees.
  — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 25 June 2026
• Doctors had to reconstruct it with metal plates, screws and rods.
  — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
• Friedman’s team pledged to reconstruct much of what was removed.
  — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2020
• Then there was the challenge of reconstructing the score.
  — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 23 June 2026
• Louisville officials want to reconstruct parts of both roads.
  — Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
• At the more invasive end of the spectrum, there is a surgery to reconstruct the jaw.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
• Even many buildings that survived will have to be torn down and reconstructed.
  — David Faris, The Week, 9 Feb. 2023
• Mitchell lost two teeth, sustained a fractured jaw, and had surgery to reconstruct his eye socket.
  — NBC News, 11 Oct. 2020
• Surgeons also removed a part of his leg bone in order to reconstruct a new jaw with it.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2023
• When something goes wrong, no one can reconstruct the chain of decisions.
  — Abhijeet Mukkawar, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• During this project, crews will dig into the ground, pull out the old rail and pavement, and reconstruct a new one.
  — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 28 May 2026
• Doctors took tissue from his belly to reconstruct a chunk of flesh the dog tore from his forearm.
  — Ashley Remkus | [email protected], al, 3 Feb. 2022
• Some nights after our son is asleep, my wife and I sit on the couch and reconstruct the day for each other.
  — Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026
• His preference would be to move the whole city to somewhere nearby and reconstruct it.
  — Saeed Shah, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2022
• If no one can reconstruct why the system acted, no one is governing it.
  — Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
• The team also reconstructed what was on his mother’s menu, based on the remnants of her milk in his bones.
  — Joe Spring, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Dec. 2024
• While the road is shut down, crews also plan to make drainage improvements and reconstruct pavement.
  — Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
• The team reconstructed the genomes of viruses frozen in the Guliya Glacier.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
• But how much that matters requires us to reconstruct the context of two months ago, which now seems like the distant past.
  — Dan McLaughlin, National Review, 31 Mar. 2020
• Mill Street will be reconstructed with trees and permeable pavers to slow runoff.
  — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2026
• Sounds and images, fragments of the past, weave together to reconstruct their bond.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
• Stiles said the building was slated to be demolished and reconstructed to be used as a school site.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
• Then, if the conditions are right, the system can reconstruct the secret.
  — Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 27 Dec. 2023
• Once the north two lanes are finished being built, traffic will move to those two lanes while the south two lanes are reconstructed.
  — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Oct. 2025