How to Use rebuild in a Sentence

rebuild

verb
  • The new owner plans to rebuild the franchise.
  • They tried to rebuild after the earthquake.
  • He rebuilt his house after it was destroyed by a fire.
  • The team is rebuilding after losing most of its top players.
  • The job of rebuilding trust in the currency now falls to Erkan.
    Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 9 June 2023
  • The couple, who first opened the lodge in 2008, made the hard decision to rebuild.
    Adam Erace, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Reims was rebuilt in the next decade during the Art Deco age.
    Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2023
  • Out comes a record that fails and rebuilds and steps back up to the plate after a strikeout to hit a home run.
    Madelyn Dawson, SPIN, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Later, the building was lost in a fire and rebuilt out of reclaimed wood.
    oregonlive, 13 July 2023
  • This would set the Starship launch campaign back months, at least, as the area is rebuilt.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Finishing off the first week, the lips will feel a bit dry as the skin rebuilds itself.
    Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 11 Apr. 2023
  • In a ground-breaking surgery, doctors gave him a new one — and helped rebuild his life.
    Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Few would argue the rebuilding Sharks were hard to play against.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Below are Sorokin’s images of the state of the community and the work to rebuild.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Working around the clock to ... get more aid into Gaza, rebuild Gaza.
    Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 19 May 2024
  • The plan was to tear it down and rebuild, according to two former close friends.
    Benjamin Weiser, New York Times, 12 May 2024
  • According to the listing, the south wing of the house burned down in 1830 and was rebuilt some hundreds of years later.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
  • As the waters recede, the process of rebuilding Asheville starts.
    Laura Paddison, CNN, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The entire Panorama mode in the Pixel 9 has been rebuilt too.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Kirby and friends offer to help rebuild Magolor’s ship and the quest begins.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023
  • All of the buildings virtually are gonna have to be rebuilt.
    CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Now, the Rangers need to win games after a hefty offseason rebuild.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Lisa didn’t last long, and some in our group rebuilt friendships with Tim — mainly the men — and some have not — mainly the women.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • But even with that training, none of them was willing to take on rebuilding stone walls.
    Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The group, which supports Ukraine in the war, has been open about wanting to topple Vladimir Putin's regime and rebuild a new Russia.
    Phil McCausland, NBC News, 25 June 2023
  • While the resilience of the Hawaiian people is legendary, this tragedy will take time and resources to rebuild from.
    Town & Country, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In the 60 years since the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, the church has been rebuilt, and stained glass has been repaired, but there are still wounds time has yet to heal.
    Kara Nelson, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Blanchet House has owned the building since 1958, and plans to rebuild a medical center in its place.
    Austindedios, oregonlive, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The fine doesn’t include damages for rebuilding the bridge and Maryland state attorneys filed their own claim to recover damages.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Closer to home, Trump did not rebuild the military or improve preparedness as promised during his campaign.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024

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