How to Use reformed in a Sentence

reformed

adjective
  • These days, a reformed Wentworth always washes her face at the end of the day.
    Brian Underwood, Women's Health, 9 June 2023
  • That’s a far, far cry from the reformed bad boy who’s broken our hearts multiple times over the last 15 years.
    Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 25 July 2019
  • The reformed grunge giants were on tour and performed on Wednesday night.
    OregonLive.com, 18 May 2017
  • The big news, as far as the stage-cast, is the presence of Marcello Giordani in the tenor role of Dick Johnson, the reformed bandit.
    By Phillip Larrimore, charlotteobserver, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The gunman, at least in the public record, seemed to be a reformed, middle-aged ex-convict who had put the crimes of his youth behind him.
    New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Though Daphne plays a key supporting role in the latest season, her reformed rake of a husband is nowhere to be seen.
    Christi Carrasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • In prison, he’d settled on a new narrative for himself, that of the reformed truth-teller.
    Rachel Monroe, The Atlantic, 16 July 2019
  • Unlike the book, in the film’s final moments, the mouse-boy-hero is changed back into a regular boy by a reformed bad witch.
    Kate Knibbs, Wired, 22 Oct. 2020
  • The bottom line: The reformed Pac-8 or Pac-10 could be worth substantially more than either of those leagues.
    Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 12 Aug. 2023
  • The first election with the new map produced under the reformed way to draw Statehouse lines will not occur until 2022.
    Rich Exner, cleveland.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • The reformed commission terminated Singer by a 6-2 vote the next day.
    oregonlive, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Trump could get behind a reformed child tax credit that would lift many families out of poverty.
    Reihan Salam, Slate Magazine, 1 Mar. 2017
  • Mueller is a reformed hell-raiser who shut the door on his past, sobered up and found a measure of peace as a minister and the patriarch of a thriving family.
    A.o. Scott, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2017
  • Mr Odinga says that unless the entire commission is reformed there should be no election at all.
    The Economist, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Trump surprised Jon Ponder, a reformed bank robber, with an Oprah-style on-camera pardon.
    TheWeek, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The stated goals on the post range from calling for an end to militarized weapons by police, to taxing the wealthy, to increased funding for a reformed school system.
    oregonlive, 3 June 2020
  • The first is a reformed bankruptcy code that makes the seizure of businesses easier (see article).
    The Economist, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The sculpture includes many holes, like windows or doors, built into the curvature of the reformed tree branches so that visitors can walk or peer into the piece.
    Mindy Sink, The Know, 30 Sep. 2019
  • The attack, which left 20 children and six educators dead, as well as the gunman and his mother, shook the country, leading to widespread calls for reformed gun laws.
    Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Dorton, a 40s OG, worked for a city program that employs reformed gang members to tamp down violence and steer young people away from trouble.
    Cindy Chang, latimes.com, 23 June 2019
  • Rather, the plan anticipated that this reformed version of Medicare would cost just as much as Obamacare’s version, at least at first.
    Reihan Salam, Slate Magazine, 9 Mar. 2017
  • The common thread of the reformed welfare programs was strong work requirements placed on aid recipients.
    Kerry Jackson, National Review, 23 Jan. 2018
  • But the reformed process would also mean something else — one country would literally be first and the other country second.
    Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 11 July 2017
  • Meloni chose to remain with the reformed National Alliance.
    Alexander Stille, The New Republic, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Beyond just the abdominal muscles, the reformed motion taps the entire lower body.
    Zachary Lewis, cleveland.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • The government said Dastyari’s has not broken current laws, but the reformed laws would not allow a repeat of Dastyari asking Huang to pay a $1,250 travel bill that Dastyari owed.
    Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2017
  • On the other side of that defense, the reformed Tulare Lake continues to take shape, swallowing up pomegranate fields, barns and warehouses.
    Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The reformed vigilante serial killer isn't tracking a human, though, but a beautiful white buck.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Since 2011, Life After Hate, started by reformed white supremacists, has worked to do exactly that.
    Ian Graber-Stiehl, The Root, 2 Oct. 2017
  • The approved package is a reformed version of one that was shot down after being criticized for turning over too much power to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
    Tim Pearce, Washington Examiner, 25 Mar. 2020

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