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verb

past tense of resurrect

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of resurrected
Adjective
The resurrected bill will be heard in the Assembly Judiciary Committee Tuesday morning. — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Seminal EVs that met an early death include the EV1 (killed circa 2003), the Chevy Volt (killed 2019), and now the resurrected Chevy Bolt (first killed in 2023) is headed for the boneyard by mid-2027. — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Aegon, strikingly, does manage an underdog’s comeback, atop his resurrected dragon, Sunfyre. — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 Pause for a selfie with the resurrected Heart of the Cornbelt sign and a new mural. — From Staff Reports, Des Moines Register, 24 July 2026 Giles is struggling with the fact that the resurrected Buffy is leaning too much on him instead of finding her new path. — ArsTechnica, 7 June 2026 Jessie Buckley is the resurrected Bride, who demands to be heard alongside her patchwork partner Frank (Christian Bale) and starts a revolution. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 May 2026 Callaghan is insistent that the resurrected All Gas, No Brakes remain politics-free. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026 Engineered and built to standards of performance, safety, fit, and finish unapproachable during its first life, the resurrected Allard—which has a body in fiberglass and not in aluminum— is a visually accurate interpretation of the 1950s-era original, though not dimensionally identical. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2025
Verb
Prosecutors said it was tied to a belief that the boy would be resurrected and then instruct the family which corrupt government and private institutions needed to be eliminated. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026 The Day on The Hill concert series was resurrected Tuesday, on the location where the main campus was founded in the late 1800s. — Rashad Alexander october 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026 At the moment, three of his signature movies are simultaneously being resurrected — one by another famous Steven, as in Spielberg — while a fourth project based on an ex-wife’s memoir continues to gestate as either a possible drama or documentary. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 Indian Motorcycle has roots stretching back more than a century, despite disappearing and being resurrected along the way. — New Atlas, 3 Oct. 2026 He's eventually shot again — dead this time — only to be resurrected by the multi-purpose Gort. — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Scientist Ada Franklin is working on a prototype for human-angel communication—only to wake up in her own grave, inexplicably killed and resurrected. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026 And if, after three years, Fisher has resurrected Florida State football, then sit down and negotiate a conventional contract. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 But Holmes was later resurrected—his creator needed some fast cash, yes, but Britain wanted for good crime-solvers, to go by the glut of corpses and killers in Sleuth-hound. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for resurrected
Adjective
  • The Charlotte Observer recently spoke to Keogh about his plans for the revived brand.
    — Chase Jordan October 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Gauff’s Florida Flamingos teammates in the revived co-ed league are Tommy Paul, Learner Tien, Brandon Nakashima, Iva Jovic and Eva Lys.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The luxury behemoth renewed his contract for another five years in November 2023.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Republican calls amendment misleading The campaign’s inclusion of gender-affirming care has renewed focus on that 2023 law, which Republican lawmakers passed amid a broader backlash to the transgender community nationally.
    — Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • Gertie began as a Jewish diner in Williamsburg and was recently reborn in Prospect Heights, as a bagel shop.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The star has dedicated himself with the fervor of a holy crusader to the notion that, to quote his ex-wife, we are not just entertained but reborn when the lights go down and our collective dreams show up onscreen.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • In early June, the resuscitated band was about to begin its first concert in 11 years, the kick-off of its Fifty Something tour.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Those Renoa fibers can then be used to produce regenerated alternatives to virgin wool and cashmere.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • These neural circuits gradually reconnect until, eventually, the regenerated region becomes structurally similar to the original one.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026
Adjective
  • All the while, a far-right President Mary Beth Cadwallader fans anti-reanimated sentiment with the mantra, Make America Safe Again.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Its refreshed interface is designed to match other Office applications.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Now in their second generation, the Bose QC Headphones have received a refreshed industrial design with new and modern styling.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The environment is filled with recreated props from the Fast Saga films.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The best sequences seize upon the atmospheric potential of recreated studio-Gothic sets, though there’s surprisingly scant use of B&W film-within-the-film bits.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 31 July 2026

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“Resurrected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/resurrected. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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