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.
• The team reconstructed the genomes of viruses frozen in the Guliya Glacier.
  — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
• The work to reconstruct the inside shoulder of I-40 is part of the 30 Crossing project.
  — Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 14 July 2022
• The city plans to demolish and reconstruct the east side of the span next year, followed by the west side in 2024.
  — Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022
• Once the boat is on land, the team will reconstruct it—and begin studying it up close.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2023
• At the more invasive end of the spectrum, there is a surgery to reconstruct the jaw.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 6 Apr. 2023
• The church, built in 1889, had to be reconstructed but the organ survived.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
• In 1911, the city was finally able to reconstruct and restore the house.
  — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Apr. 2021
• Meanwhile, the European Union and the Gulf states were always ready to foot the bill to reconstruct the ruins in the strip.
  — Jean-Pierre Filiu, Foreign Affairs, 1 Jan. 2024
• The third phase of the plan looks to reconstruct and rebuild Gaza, which has seen extensive destruction since the start of the war.
  — Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 19 Jan. 2025
• And so Williams set about reconstructing the history of the Moon Trees.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2023
• Dating the objects helped them reconstruct the timeline of when this pass was used and its purpose.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 15 Apr. 2020
• In this case, researchers were able to reconstruct it position over the past 1,250 years.
  — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2021
• Kerr said the project would reconstruct segments of the trail and improve trail crossing at Higgins Road and Dee Road.
  — Brian Slupski, chicagotribune.com, 17 Aug. 2021
• 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
• Doctors had to reconstruct it with metal plates, screws and rods.
  — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2025
• Surgeons could attempt to reconstruct the leg, but there were a number of risks and the prospect of tremendous, constant pain.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Nov. 2021
• 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
• Waukegan’s $12 million portion will reconstruct a dock wall along the north portion of the harbor.
  — Karie Angell Luc, chicagotribune.com, 4 Apr. 2022
• Collier Lodge, a hunting lodge built on the site in 1898, was dismantled last spring with plans to reconstruct it in the future.
  — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2023
• The last quake in the zone was more than 300 years ago, so to understand the future risk, scientists are working to reconstruct the past.
  — Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 4 Dec. 2024
• His preference would be to move the whole city to somewhere nearby and reconstruct it.
  — Saeed Shah, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2022
• Doctors took tissue from his belly to reconstruct a chunk of flesh the dog tore from his forearm.
  — Ashley Remkus | [e-mail], al, 3 Feb. 2022
• That $54 million project is part of the city's long-term plan, which also includes the work already done to reconstruct the Market Street spokes.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Mar. 2022
• That debris was then used to reconstruct the shuttle and determine the cause of the disaster.
  — Washington Post, 8 May 2021
• Friedman’s team pledged to reconstruct much of what was removed.
  — Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2020
• Caruso pointed to Lahaina, the site of Maui's 2023 wildfire, which had still not been reconstructed.
  — Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
• Eventually, the army retook Paris, and the stately buildings were reconstructed.
  — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Apr. 2025