How to Use refit in a Sentence

refit

1 of 2 verb

• They're refitting the building with hardwood floors.
• What happens to the new-age sluggers who have refit their swings to get the ball airborne?
  — Dan Bickley, azcentral, 13 Mar. 2018
• The price could be cheaper if the city can refit an existing building.
  — Justin Madden, cleveland.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• There is a cutoff date of July 1 for airlines to refit their planes.
  — Justin Klawans, The Week, 11 May 2023
• Steve built the porch that now wraps around the home and refitted the exterior with wooden logs and mauve paint.
  — Katherine Oung, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Aug. 2023
• This would deny the Russians the ability to rest and refit through the winter months.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Time, 4 Jan. 2023
• The tanks are currently being refitted to meet Ukraine's needs.
  — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2023
• Pilots are tired, and airplanes have to be maintained and refitted, the official said.
  — Shane Harris, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2024
• It was worn by Elizabeth during her coronation and has been refitted for her son.
  — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 4 May 2023
• And like the Espresso Cadore, those trains will also be constructed of old cars refitted for the new routes.
  — Marianna Cerini, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Dec. 2023
• The message Russia would get is that this is time to refit and to rebuild economically.
  — Gordon Lubold, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2022
• Blackbeard intended to refit his remaining sloop and head to the Bahamas.
  — John Bordsen, USA TODAY, 22 June 2018
• One of Russia’s most visible symbols of seapower won’t emerge from refit for at least another two years.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 June 2022
• Recently refitted in 2024, Whisper had quite the team to bring it to life.
  — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2025
• That money will be spent to refit and build factories, train workers, write software, upgrade dealerships and more.
  — New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
• Ukrainian troops will train on tanks similar to those being refitted for them in the United States.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 8 May 2023
• Older, smaller ships often get sold to another cruise line, where they’re refitted and rebranded.
  — Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
• The image also hints at the capability to refit the aircraft with weapon and propulsion upgrades.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2021
• Moscow has thousands more tanks and given time can refit its tank, motor rifle, and other formations and recommit them to battle.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2022
• Ukraine wants to refit its army along NATO standards by 2020.
  — Seth J. Frantzman, National Review, 18 Aug. 2017
• The old ship eventually became refitted a third time for the Viet Nam War.
  — courant.com, 6 June 2018
• When the project was first launched in 2016, the initial plan was to refit an older vessel into a residential ship.
  — Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 11 Jan. 2022
• The space was ever so slightly too small, forcing the bumpers to be removed in order to get it into the garage without damage and then refitted when the car was removed.
  — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 16 Nov. 2020
• Fisher’s dad says the 13-year-old actor has grown four inches since she was cast; the costume department has already refitted her dress three times.
  — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
• The museums postponed the show four years, to a chorus of outrage; then pushed it up again to this year as its organizers hustled to refit its display to a fractious moment.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Dec. 2022
• As such, each would get a slightly different version of the exact same marketing tactic from each company, slightly refitted to best suit the medium.
  — William Jones, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025
• The manse’s gym had to be fully refitted and the A/C recalibrated to ensure the traveler’s ideal temp.
  — The Editors, Robb Report, 20 Apr. 2026
• The manse’s gym had to be fully refitted and the A/C recalibrated to ensure the traveler’s ideal temp.
  — The Editors, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
• The project will refit Market Street to be more accessible for pedestrians and bikers, Herget said.
  — Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Apr. 2023
• The criminal syndicates refitted their properties as centres where teams of workers – often trafficked and coerced – run online scams at scale.
  — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 12 Apr. 2026

refit

2 of 2 noun

• The yard has been working overtime on both new builds and refits.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2023
• And those were big kind of refits in terms of your original culture versus your new culture is.
  — Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023
• The exhaustive, two-year refit took the steel and aluminum superyacht down to the studs.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2021
• At least one old mid-endurance cutter is getting a refit so it can be sent out into the Pacific.
  — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 16 June 2022
• With 300 berths in its dry dock, the yard carries out roughly a tenth of the refit and repair of all the big yachts in the world.
  — The Economist, 27 June 2020
• To keep a single ship on station, the Navy needs three ships—one on duty, one in training, and the other in refit.
  — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
• Bereft of visitors, the Louvre keeps busy with major refit and restorations.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 22 Feb. 2021
• The owners have just completed a total refit of the property.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
• The ship, which has been in refit since 2017, has few (if any) sailors actually assigned to it.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Apr. 2023
• The year-long refit was carried out in the new shed at Feadship’s Amsterdam yard.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2022
• The interior shows more flair than the average retro refit, such as the gold penny tiles underneath the bar.
  — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2026
• Now for sale with Burgess, the 269-foot yacht presents a ripe opportunity for refit.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2023
• As a result, the completion of the refit of the ship is now delayed indefinitely.
  — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 9 Nov. 2018
• And, thanks to a recent refit, the classic wooden superyacht is looking better than ever.
  — Nicole Trilivas, Robb Report, 30 June 2023
• Pomponi was brought back for Nero’s most recent refit, giving the interior turquoise hues with blue and red accents.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 2 July 2021
• But the short answer may sound inscrutable — a Levallois refit or manioc phytolith — or dull — a bowl, comb or donkey bone.
  — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2020
• La Chabanne was kitted out with a new pool and underground parking during the refit that took several years.
  — Simon Lee, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2022
• As for your home base, Solace is fresh off a 10-month refit that was completed in September.
  — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2025
• Thanks to an extensive 2020 refit, the story of the yacht continues.
  — Chrissie McClatchie, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2023
• The 90-year-old boat wears her age well, having emerged from a 12-month refit last year with a complete mechanical overhaul.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 27 May 2022
• By keeping refit work in-house, the Coast Guard avoids the premiums and scheduling conflicts of private yards.
  — Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 8 Jan. 2026
• Three of its six destroyers and both its aircraft carriers were out of action, undergoing repairs or refits.
  — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 15 Mar. 2026
• The vessel went through an extensive refit that was unprecedented in terms of scope, according to the Oceanco team.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2023
• Russia hopes the refit will allow the carrier to stay in operation for another 25 years.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Oct. 2017
• Pelorus has had multiple refits since delivery, with the most recent work completed in 2025.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 14 Jan. 2026
• Bentley’s historic Pyms Lane plant in Cheshire will also be treated to a refit to ready it for the zero-emissions future.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 May 2022
• The refit could transform the B-1 from an aging bomber on the verge of retirement into a door kicker that would fire the opening shots in a future conflict.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Apr. 2020
• The first 2018 refit fully upgraded the galley and extended the main salon.
  — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2021
• The refit extends to the game's tutorials, which are fully voiced and overlaid onto the action, via The Handler.
  — Simon Parkin, Ars Technica, 26 June 2017
• Nine of Singapore Airlines' A380s have undergone a refit and three are in the makeover process.
  — Francesca Street, CNN, 14 Oct. 2021