How to Use reframe in a Sentence

reframe

verb
Definition of reframenext
Synonyms for reframenext
  • That short reprieve saved him and helped reframe his fear of death.
    — Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
  • Westworld—*worked with showrunner Scott Smith to reframe the story for the show and craft props and sets that nodded to both the future and the present.
    — Marah Eakin, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Horowitz says that exercise needs to be reframed as a way to be healthy, and not just as a way to help with weight loss.
    — Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 11 Sep. 2024
  • To turn it around, leaders need to reframe their mindset.
    — Job Van Der Voort, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2023
  • But his wife of 43 years, Jan, helped Gregson reframe his thinking.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Could a homegrown candidate in the No. 2 spot help Democrats reframe the race and put their home states into play, both up and down the ticket?
    — Kathryn Palmer, USA TODAY, 23 July 2024
  • But with diligence and care, the band has slowly refined and reframed its legacy.
    — Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The goal of a rage hike is not to reframe situations to make our outlook for the week more positive.
    — Kelcie Pegher, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Stripes Beauty stands at the forefront of a movement that aims to reframe how society talks about menopause.
    — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Another way to reframe this is, everybody needs to do a health screen.
    — Kk Ottesen, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2021
  • This project aims to reframe the narrative, to amplify the names and efforts of those who lived it and steer away from the lens of white abolitionists.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The end of his basketball career is reframed as the start of his comedy career.
    — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • These racial statistics should reframe the discussion of the prison heat crisis.
    — Scott Guild, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024
  • That was until Cooper brought it up and reframed the situation for him.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
  • By the same token, consent has become a way to reframe the intimacy work.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Perhaps fittingly, the film that reframed the end of the Beatles would bring them together one last time.
    — Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 26 Oct. 2023
  • In the twenties and thirties, Martland aimed to reframe punch-drunk syndrome as a genuine illness.
    — Ingfei Chen, The New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Part of that rebirth is reframing South Asians in mainstream culture, Acharia says.
    — Anika Reed, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024
  • This opens the door to a discussion about negative body comments and how girls can reframe their thinking.
    — Dr. Katie Hurley, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Over time, in at least some quarters, that telling became more complex, reframed around the struggle to make good on the promises of democracy.
    — Sophia Nguyen, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
  • Steal his story—as others have stolen it—and reframe it and rebuild using his structure.
    — David Means, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Still, if you’re easily triggered, reframing a comment like this can be hard to do.
    — Terri Pous, SELF, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Leaders have long been taught the power of reframing to focus and inspire others.
    — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Speaking of mean voices in your head…another way to fight back against disparaging thoughts is to reframe them, Dr. Gold says.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Noem has tried to reframe the story from two decades ago as an example of her willingness to make tough decisions.
    — Heather Hollingsworth, Fortune, 3 May 2024
  • The song is about picking yourself back up and reframing the situation and doing the hard stuff to get through something and seeing it on the other end.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The United States held out until 1862, when the Civil War reframed the national debate over slavery.
    — Matthew Brown, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
  • As Baldoni began to reframe his vision for the movie as now director and star, everything changed again — for the entire world this time, along with this project.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 July 2024
  • Then, offer a coping statement to reframe the conversation.
    — Jenna Autuori-Dedic, Parents, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Dunbar-Ortiz highlighted the need to reframe holidays like Indigenous Peoples Day to reflect these historical truths.
    — Delano Massey, Axios, 12 Oct. 2024

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