reviver

Example Sentences

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Instead, the rapturous reception and £1.3bn-plus worldwide gross are clear indicators that Abrams, 49, is now Hollywood’s most trusted reviver of ailing franchises.

From The Guardian • Apr. 30, 2016

He was the prime reviver of our ragged, treasured art.

From Time • Jun. 21, 2012

Don’t forget that there’s also a corpse reviver No. 1.

From Slate • Dec. 30, 2011

Its growth as an arts institution was fueled by Wade F. B. Thompson, a nearby resident and reviver of the Airstream trailer line who died in 2009.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2011

When James asserted that a king is above the laws, he did not understand this in the popular sense; nor was he the inventor or the reviver of similar doctrines.

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Disraeli, Isaac