How to Use reenact in a Sentence

reenact

verb
  • The group reenacted a famous American Civil War battle.
  • What kind of faith is kept alive by reenacting a civil war?
    Ahmed Naji, The Dial, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Be prepared to reenact the bit throughout the night.
    Carolyn Burt, Oc Register, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This wasn’t a band of survivors reenacting their once-greatness.
    Chris Richards, Washington Post, 4 July 2019
  • Then Lisa and Yam Yam attempt to reenact the whole thing.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Kids will have lots of fun playing and even reenacting scenes from their favorite cartoon show.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 23 Mar. 2024
  • Thompson, along with friends, appeared to reenact the shooting.
    Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Why, procure a couple of pig carcasses and reenact the scene, of course!
    Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 20 June 2014
  • Others have brought along a Subbuteo board to reenact the game.
    Stuart James, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Presumably the old sword had lost some of its magic, for no doubt that once again the play will soon be reenacted.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
  • The episode opens with the voiceover and the hero twins reenacting the Ye’iitsoh mythology in a play.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The post began with a video of the former costars reenacting a famous scene from the hit series.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The band rocked out, as kids frolicked and adult reenacted their favorite moves of hair bands from the 80s.
    Quoron Walker, Courant Community, 11 July 2018
  • As a clip of the scene starts playing, Lohan and Quaid reenact it in real time.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 20 July 2020
  • The President may reenact the ban on bringing those goodies back as well.
    Doug Criss, CNN, 31 May 2017
  • Can’t wait to see all of this reenacted in the upcoming Lifetime movie.
    Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The news didn’t quite reach my poodle and two cats that sleep on our bed and reenact Wrestlemania every night.
    Wendi Aarons, Flow Space, 13 June 2024
  • Here’s how the Battle of Dominguez Hills was won and lost — and how it will be reenacted.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Charlie and Harry plan to fly to meet the buyer and reenact their viral video in person one more time.
    Raisa Bruner, Time, 22 May 2021
  • That sets the stage for Eleanor to recall, and Harris to reenact, episodes from the first lady’s past.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2021
  • After a broadcast, Stockdell would reenact the game with a neighbor kid and a wiffle bat and ball.
    April Wallace, Arkansas Online, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Not to mention Foxy reenacting a scene from Cinderella in the video.
    R29 Unbothered, refinery29.com, 11 July 2023
  • The moment was so iconic, it was later reenacted by Tayshia Adams.
    Jenny Hollander, Marie Claire, 1 Mar. 2020
  • One player reenacted how Deon caught the ball cleanly.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Afterwards, in her acting class, her teacher asks her to reenact the interviews.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Even the swallowing of the armies of Pharaoh is reenacted, though without much cohesion to the plot.
    Titus Techera, National Review, 29 July 2017
  • In the police interview, Drejka got down on the ground to reenact the moments of the fatal shooting.
    Eric Levenson, CNN, 23 Aug. 2019
  • On the playing fields in Nagrig, children take it in turns to reenact Salah's latest efforts on the field their hero helped build.
    James Masters, Mary Rogers and Housam Ahmed, CNN, 1 May 2018
  • Fans have been making pilgrimages to a stairway in the Bronx to reenact the scene in which Fleck does a high-kicking dance down those steps.
    Josh Rottenberg, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Though Williamson drew inspiration from the Gainesville murders, Scream doesn’t reenact the crimes.
    Michelle Delgado, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Oct. 2021

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