Example Sentences

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Resurrecting the slogan is perhaps the riskiest approach.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2026

Resurrecting these “lost” genes may one day help scientists devise new treatments for diseases, adds Mikkel Winther Pedersen, a molecular paleoecologist at the University of Copenhagen.

From Science Magazine • May 3, 2023

Resurrecting that figure is no easy task, and so, for many, the Elvis in Baz Luhrmann’s dreamily overwrought historical biopic “Elvis” will inevitably fall short.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2022

"Resurrecting" long-forgotten cases like Plyler plays into this scheme.

From Salon • May 5, 2022

Resurrecting another old trick, he measured time by pulse-beats, and stood unstirring and all but breathless for three full minutes.

From Alias the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph