How to Use recur in a Sentence
recur
verb- There is only a slight chance that the disease will recur.
- The same problem keeps recurring.
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And the recurring themes from Year 1 of the Coach Prime Era have been felt both ways, too.
— Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 25 May 2024 -
But then the same heel issue that now recurred stopped him in his tracks at the start of the season.
— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024 -
Keep an eye on it for a while to be sure the stickiness does not recur.
— oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023 -
Price This is going to be a recurring theme in this piece.
— Amanda Oliver, Field & Stream, 21 Mar. 2024 -
Taking flight is a recurring theme in the artist’s work.
— Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2024 -
The colors that recur are purple, dark gray, and steel.
— Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 27 May 2022 -
Day is set to recur on Riverdale after making her debut in the May 22 episode.
— Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 10 May 2022 -
Wesley is billed as a recurring guest star in the new season.
— James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023 -
The mother, far too worried to go to her own bed, lay down next to her daughter to wait for the strange shaking to recur.
— Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022 -
In a recurring theme for this case, that wasn’t all police found in Pike’s cellphone.
— Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024 -
If so, many of the trends from the early pandemic will likely recur at rapid speed.
— Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2021 -
James Marsden will recur as a guest star throughout the new third season.
— J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Dec. 2022 -
The image of a man in a bowler hat with his face obscured is a recurring motif throughout Magritte’s work.
— Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024 -
The funds in the list aren’t recurring streams of money, and so should be used to invest in a capital project, Johnson replied.
— Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2023 -
These symptoms can last for weeks and, in chronic cases, recur for years.
— New York Times, 23 Feb. 2022 -
The link has been a recurring intrusion into my thoughts for years.
— Matt Curtis, New York Times, 21 June 2023 -
And onto the runways: Tech’s power to shape our perceptions, and our lives, was a recurring theme at the fall 2023 shows.
— Maya Singer, Vogue, 12 July 2023 -
This is a recurring problem for even the biggest cloud service providers.
— Max (chong) Li, Forbes, 7 May 2023 -
Indeed, flipping the spotlight from the stage back to Abraham was a recurring theme throughout the evening.
— Freya Drohan, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2024 -
The first phase of the recurring project is expected to cost $16 million with 65 percent of the money from the federal government and the rest from the state and the city.
— Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2024 -
The French group warned last month that recurring operating income in the first half would drop by as much as 45%.
— Angelina Rascouet, Fortune Europe, 15 May 2024 -
The show closed with a Champagne toast and Consuelos rolling out a cake shaped like a tin of sardines, harkening back to a recurring joke from the show.
— Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Apr. 2023 -
For recurring meetings, admins can rename the call and use the same link every day.
— Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024 -
Padalecki will appear in three episodes in a recurring role.
— Joe Otterson, Variety, 12 Aug. 2024 -
Doctors said that absent the surgery, painful shoulder setbacks were sure to recur.
— Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023 -
King tides will recur twice a month on the following dates: Tuesday through Wednesday.
— Wells Dusenbury, Sun Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2022 -
Some may read these as a mere coincidence, but for others, the recurring numerals are no accident.
— Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024 -
Billboard spoke to Bada$$ about his recurring mentorship, his new residency and creating a safe space for men of color.
— Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 13 Dec. 2024
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