makeover

Example Sentences

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Recently, I gave the loft a Midcentury, Zen makeover.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

Not all fans love the makeover, but Puri said times change.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

In November the ship had a makeover, changing its name from Blint and switching to a Russian registry after falsely flying under the Comoros flag.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

The center will serve as the “intellectual backbone” of the La Brea Tar Pits’ long-planned makeover, said NHM President and Director Lori Bettison-Varga.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026

It was like the makeover scenes in my American movies, where they take the dorky guy or girl, fix the hair and change the clothes, and the ugly duckling becomes the swan.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah