How to Use reinvent in a Sentence

reinvent

verb
  • The candidate promised to reinvent Social Security.
  • The movie will fork and change and reinvent and go in new places.
    EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Was there back and forth over what to nod to and what to reinvent?
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Mar. 2023
  • To reinvent the shooter in the present, the team had to study Halo’s past.
    Will Bedingfield, Wired, 19 Nov. 2021
  • September marks the dawn of fall and the urge to reinvent one’s wardrobe.
    Laura Lajiness, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Sep. 2021
  • In the mid-’90s, Al Gilles was a high schooler looking to reinvent the gap in his smile.
    Julian Randall, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Some, like Snider, seem ready to reinvent themselves for the new age.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Again, don't get your hopes up that Sonic 2 will reinvent the game-to-film genre.
    Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Around 35 years ago, those four words reinvented the concept of the remix.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024
  • First, there were the oil crises of the 1970s, which allowed the IMF to rapidly reinvent itself.
    Steve H. Hanke, National Review, 16 July 2021
  • This is no attempt to reinvent the man as anyone's idea of St. Shane.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Time and again, mass trauma seems to force artists to think in new ways or even reinvent their forms.
    Karl Taro Greenfeld, Town & Country, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The line, in a sense, is a nod to everyone who has come to New York to reinvent themselves and chase dreams.
    Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2023
  • There was no need for Motorola to reinvent the wheel here.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 8 Apr. 2020
  • Rather than putting an end to it, the virus is forcing the sector to reinvent itself.
    The Economist, 4 June 2020
  • Know that whole axiom about not needing to reinvent the wheel?
    Chris Cillizza, CNN, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Unable to just move on, the shooting forced Oliver and his wife to reinvent their lives.
    Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Pitching wise the Guardians have not tried to reinvent themselves.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The challenge is going to be taking it up to the next level and reinvent it a bit more.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 16 June 2022
  • For the actor, New York felt like the perfect place to reinvent herself.
    Jordan Greene, People.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • This isn't the time to reinvent your whole financial life in a weekend.
    Steve Hruby, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2025
  • In other words, reinvent the engine but not the steering wheel.
    Ravi Mayuram, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • There aren’t many hitters who can reinvent their game at 37 years old.
    Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2022
  • And as more malls take the plunge to reinvent themselves, hitting the aquarium on the way to the food court may just be a way to stay afloat.
    René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 19 May 2021
  • But nothing comes close to cruise ships, which have had to reinvent themselves.
    Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
  • A lot of these artists gotta give themselves time to go through a rough period and then come up out of that and reinvent.
    Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The Gin & Tonic is a classic that can reinvent itself time and time again.
    The Botanist Gin, Bon Appétit, 21 Apr. 2020
  • The spot carries on the legacy of the timeless love story that the brand has been reinventing since the launch of the scent in 1988 with Christy Turlington as the face.
    Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 10 June 2024
  • But there is a certain immediate appeal in what remains to be done for a school that wants to both reinvent the game-day experience and honor its past.
    Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2025
  • When songwriters pen songs about country music or the lifestyle associated with it, there’s no need to reinvent the tractor wheel.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2025

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