RE-KINDLE Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

rekindle

verb

ˌrē-ˈkin-dᵊl

Definition of rekindle next

as in to revive

to bring back to life, practice, or activity the trip to Ireland rekindled her interest in learning Gaelic

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Recent Examples of rekindle Is Kadri past his prime, his acquisition at the trade deadline a desperate attempt to rekindle past glory? —

Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 27 May 2026 But just one bite of the cornmeal crust was enough to rekindle my old love. —

Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026 Heroes departed too soon and new iterations of the team couldn’t rekindle the magic of the late nineties and early two-thousands. —

Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 20 May 2026 Old friends might reappear to rekindle relationships. —

Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rekindle

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This impossibility invites us to reimagine and revive cultural production as a site to theorize the many experiences of Black motherhood.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Modern materials revive a centuries-old motor design Although axial flux motors are often viewed as a cutting-edge technology, the concept traces its origins to some of the earliest electric motor experiments conducted by Michael Faraday in the 19th century.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 June 2026