How to Use recuperate in a Sentence

recuperate

verb
Definition of recuperatenext
Synonyms for recuperatenext
  • She took a day off to recuperate.
  • Springsteen will have longer than just the rest of this month to recuperate.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Flick’s team will have had a chance to recuperate while all the contenders for its crown must play on.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2020
  • So three out of the last five days have been off to recover, recuperate and heal.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Nine Wings were given the day off to recuperate from the battle royale.
    — Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2022
  • The Great Depression and the threat of war meant Harkness would not be able to recuperate her costs.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022
  • That would enable him to recuperate through the bye week and return for the Texans at home on Nov. 15.
    — cleveland, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The public isn't yet able to see the bear cub, which needs time to recuperate and adjust to captive life, Lampi said.
    — Laurel Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2018
  • The station has started a GoFundMe to help recuperate the cost of the tower.
    — USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
  • That gives him until Nov. 15 when the Texans come to town to recuperate.
    — cleveland, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Sam Levy would recuperate from the gassing and his wounds – shrapnel in his back, arm and hand – in a French hospital.
    — Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 27 June 2018
  • Some of you may simply need the time away from others to recuperate from life’s stresses.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2020
  • When Allen arrived home to recuperate last week, one of his sister’s had moved into his old room and old bed.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 20 Aug. 2020
  • If Jones had not been killed but hurt, and had to take four months off to recuperate, she would have been entitled to receive lost pay for those months.
    — Cass R. Sunstein, The New York Review of Books, 25 May 2021
  • As health care employees need time off to isolate and recuperate, the need to treat those with Covid-19 remains.
    — Travis Caldwell, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
  • With Ohio State leading 35-10 at halftime, and with an idle week coming up to recuperate, Brown is likely done for the day.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The Falcons are smart about his usage in practice and give him ample time to recuperate.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Smith’s Beavers used their bye week to recruit, recuperate, and then emerged and beat the pants off the team that was in the driver’s seat in the South Division on Saturday night.
    — oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The boys now recuperating and the rescuers who brought them to safety are starting to share stories of the dangers and their survival.
    — Johnson Lai and Jason Corben, Fox News, 13 July 2018
  • But she was still burned out and craved time off to recuperate before starting her new venture.
    — New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022
  • He was released and sent home to recuperate three days later.
    — Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • In search of a space to recuperate, Davis created a Black love fantasy of sorts.
    — Kynala Phillips, Essence, 8 July 2019
  • Surgeons amputated part of a toe and sent him home for a month to recuperate.
    — Anna Kuchment, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The next year, after the patrol boat was sunk beneath him and its captain was killed, Mr. Page left Vietnam to recuperate.
    — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
  • One recuperating bird escaped the hands of a caretaker and alighted on top of a shelf.
    — Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • While the loan is not enough to recuperate his losses, Vaughn remains unfazed.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2020
  • The baby has since been released and is now recuperating at home.
    — Fox News, 26 Mar. 2020
  • More than 130 people have received the two-hour infusions and then been sent home to recuperate.
    — Jonel Aleccia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Others pay extra to stay for longer to detox, relax, and recuperate.
    — Mattha Busby, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The explanation given was that he had been told to stay home and recuperate, but instead went to the market to buy radishes.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024

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