How to Use resurrection in a Sentence

resurrection

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  • He was enjoying the resurrection of his career.
  • Yet the film ends on a note of hope, even a kind of resurrection.
    — Will Noah, The New York Review of Books, 3 Mar. 2020
  • He was being equipped to go and spread the good news of the resurrection.
    — Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The song’s resurrection, as well as pop-punk’s, came as a surprise to the group.
    — Christine Werthman, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The sneakily poignant resurrection of Han (Sung Kang) is the shot in the heart the film needs.
    — cleveland, 23 June 2021
  • If Trump wins the election, all bets are off for a resurrection of the case.
    — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 21 July 2024
  • The cross is a symbol of the death and resurrection of Jesus.
    — cleveland, 5 Sep. 2020
  • That brings me back to my death and resurrection 10 years ago.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022
  • But Adams announced the next day the resurrection of the plainclothes unit.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The message of the empty cross is resurrection and new life.
    — Tracy Fessenden, The Conversation, 15 July 2024
  • Also: No offense to the Gospels, but hasn't resurrection kind of been done to death?
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 10 June 2021
  • One of the shows that comes to mind is the resurrection of Unsolved Mysteries.
    — The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 10 Nov. 2021
  • But is Elvis too old — not to mention too white and too male — for resurrection in 2022?
    — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
  • The questions now: Will this resurrection of native fish spread across the Great Lakes?
    — Dan Egan, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Was the pop-punk scene in decline or ripe for resurrection?
    — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
  • So a Wanda resurrection may not be in the cards after all in this show.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
  • Rick Minter, an unsung hero of the resurrection, used every media opp to beg folks to come to the games.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 6 Dec. 2021
  • There was his resurrection of Hitler in 2001 with his child-size, praying sculpture of the Führer, Him.
    — Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 1 May 2024
  • And the Boogaloo Bois melted out of sight, but have big plans for resurrection.
    — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Below, as though spotlit, is the scene of resurrection.
    — Teju Cole, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2020
  • What’s been going on for the past dozen days at Kokugikan Arena is a resurrection that’s been five years in the making.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2021
  • Breaks of cedar trees line the bluffs along the river where dense stands of oaks are littered with resurrection ferns and orchids.
    — Michael Adno, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
  • Artists of the era shared Locke’s emphasis on death and resurrection.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The stylish resurrection of the wedge boot has a lot to do with the style’s transition from clunky and clompy to stylish, minimalist, and sleek.
    — Rachel Besser, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Jesus is portrayed in a lower corner of the painting, both nailed to the cross and in the moment of resurrection.
    — Elisabetta Povoledo, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022
  • This might sound like good news, a kind of cosmic resurrection.
    — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2022
  • With its resurrection, a string of artist signings and a release slate.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 24 Jan. 2023
  • As word of the paper’s resurrection has spread, so has a desire to help Bluhm succeed.
    — John Reinan, Star Tribune, 14 Aug. 2020
  • While Jin-su taunts Se-hyeong for wasting his last chance by trusting Jin-su, it is ultimately proven to be Jin-su who wastes his resurrection.
    — Kayti Burt, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
  • This Aesop resurrection one moisturizes hands and cuticles and feels like an absolute treat.
    — Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2024

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