How to Use resurrection in a Sentence

resurrection

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  • He was enjoying the resurrection of his career.
  • The song’s resurrection, as well as pop-punk’s, came as a surprise to the group.
    — Christine Werthman, Billboard, 19 Jan. 2023
  • That brings me back to my death and resurrection 10 years ago.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • And the Boogaloo Bois melted out of sight, but have big plans for resurrection.
    — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Artists of the era shared Locke’s emphasis on death and resurrection.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2022
  • 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
  • It’s a biotech resurrection that seems quixotic at best.
    — Adam Feuerstein, STAT, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Then again, Moon Knight shows that resurrection from Aaru can happen.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 11 July 2022
  • Another agent tied the resurrection of the case to the upcoming midterm elections.
    — Bill Melugin, Fox News, 15 June 2022
  • The action was the Lord’s final sign before his own resurrection.
    — Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Some are giving thanks for the resurrection of hope in their own lives, because the worst of the pandemic may finally be over.
    — John Blake, CNN, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Their ability to be a lightning rod for resurrection can help a group of stragglers along.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2023
  • And even those of us who despised Fahim, who refused to forgive his past sins, couldn’t deny the triumph of his resurrection.
    — Jamil Jan Kochai, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Creaky old Santa Anita was about to have a resurrection.
    — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • If Europe has been the means for any country’s resurrection, though, that country is Germany, not Britain or France.
    — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Google has been working on a resurrection of Wear OS, with Samsung in tow as a major partner.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 23 May 2022
  • With exclusive access to Cavendish, his wife Peta, his teammates, and his coaches, the film charts the rise, fall and resurrection of the cyclist.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 June 2023
  • The key to the resurrection has been the development of Anfernee Simons.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2022
  • These stories of resurrection are an extension of artist culture, Kask says, in a city where people are not afraid to be themselves and where the idea of death isn’t as scary.
    — Hamza Shaban, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Tina Turner, to me, is a living, breathing phoenix, a symbol of resurrection.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 25 May 2023
  • One of her crowning achievements was the resurrection of the city’s Veterans Day parade, which had been dormant for years.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 15 July 2022
  • This latest resurrection was for Casa Rosa, a one-time restaurant open in Dallas starting in 1981.
    — Dallas News, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Amid the turmoil, Guo, the new management team, and a handful of key financial backers have scrambled to keep Luckin afloat and plot the chain's resurrection.
    — Grady McGregor, Fortune, 22 May 2022
  • His Nuggets won their first championship, and the man once fired by the lowly Kings was behind Denver’s franchise resurrection.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
  • Whatever the origin of the story, these days to mark the occasion, Easter eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Christ, the shell symbolizes the tomb, and the eggs are cracked to show his resurrection from the dead.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Father, let everyone walk in the power of that resurrection truth.
    — Woman's Day, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The resurrection proved the Alaska version of wood frog is a little different from its relatives in the Lower 48.
    — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2023

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