How to Use breathed new life into in a Sentence

breathed new life into

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  • The victory breathed new life into the Browns team that had lost four straight to slip to 2-5.
    cleveland, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Hoke said the touchdown breathed new life into the Bengals.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
  • But a federal judge in Texas has breathed new life into the 1873 law.
    Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The two now host sales three times a month, and Matsumoto said it’s breathed new life into the business.
    Yola Mzizi, CNN, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The baseball popped out of Ha-Seong Kim’s glove and breathed new life into the Giants’ stagnant offense.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Already the return of tourists has breathed new life into local tourism.
    Arkansas Online, 3 July 2022
  • This is the woman who breathed new life into the lingerie fashion show after all!
    Sarah Spellings, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Today, tourism has breathed new life into those old buildings.
    Tamara Gane, Chron, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Today, tourism has breathed new life into those old buildings.
    Tamara Gane, Chron, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The experience has breathed new life into a labor of love.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 23 Feb. 2023
  • But an oil boom in 2010 breathed new life into Watford, and Jessie experienced hope.
    Meg Bernhard, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • That’s certainly true in the living room, where Vanderford breathed new life into the classic revival structure of the space.
    Gina Mayfield, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The audit in Arizona's populous county has breathed new life into Trump's baseless claim that the election was stolen from him.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2021
  • Madeline Miller has breathed new life into ancient Greek stories.
    New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In choosing the name Lilibet for their daughter, the Sussexes have breathed new life into a piece of royal history.
    Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 9 June 2021
  • He was arrested at the airport but his return breathed new life into the Russian opposition, and protests broke out across the country.
    Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The 40-year-old former All-America running back breathed new life into a listless program, guiding Auburn to a 2-2 finish to the season.
    Tom Green | Tgreen@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The success of Abbott Elementary has breathed new life into the network sitcom.
    Nimah Quadri, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2022
  • News of the search breathed new life into Shakur’s long-unsolved killing, which has been surrounded by conspiracy theories.
    Rio Yamat and Ken Ritter, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
  • The Taliban victory has also breathed new life into groups far afield, including some of Al Qaeda’s rivals.
    Robin Wrigh, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Apple’s switch from Intel processors to its own chips a few years ago breathed new life into the MacBook lineup, and with the M2, the laptop delivers up to an impressive 18 hours of battery life.
    Christian De Looper, wsj.com, 1 Nov. 2023
  • While not an option everywhere, snowmaking has breathed new life into some cross country ski areas that saw the snow disappear.
    oregonlive, 18 Jan. 2022
  • This platform, with its groundbreaking approach to dropshipping, has not only managed to achieve a staggering 1,387% growth but has also breathed new life into the world of e-commerce.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Biden was in Minnesota on Monday to trumpet how those policies have breathed new life into blue-collar communities.
    Zachary Hansen, ajc, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The surprising revival of the budget bill breathed new life into energy tax policies that formed the cornerstone of the Biden administration’s climate plan.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Yakir and his team breathed new life into the most expensive house in LA, a testament to their unparalleled expertise and commitment to quality.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023
  • This shift has breathed new life into downtown Buffalo by spurring redevelopment of vacant lots and storefronts.
    Chris McCahill, The Conversation, 26 July 2023
  • But the monumental scale of destruction in Gaza has breathed new life into Tehran’s anti-Western and anti-Israeli invective.
    Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
  • But, following the LaQuan Smith show, a young, hot, fashion-forward crowd eager to celebrate the designer’s triumphant collection breathed new life into the legacy social club.
    Isiah Magsino, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2022
  • How a book conservator breathed new life into an ancient family heirloom.
    Jenna Ross, Star Tribune, 15 June 2021

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