How to Use reopen in a Sentence

reopen

verb
  • The cut on his knee reopened when he tried to run.
  • He wants the team to reopen his contract.
  • The restaurant will reopen in April.
  • The district attorney reopened the murder case because new evidence was found.
  • I'm sorry, but the store is closed. We reopen at nine on Monday.
  • The company announced plans to reopen its Detroit factory.
  • All roads in the area of the fire have also been reopened.
    Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • All dirt roads are closed and will reopen when cleared.
    Forrest Brown, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The state Supreme Court then cleared the way for the death chamber to reopen this summer.
    CBS News, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The deputy opens and closes the door, and at one point reopens the door and the boy is dragged out of the back seat and pinned facedown on the ground.
    Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The bridge reopened at around 12:15 p.m., the highway patrol said.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 16 Apr. 2024
  • The two others, Paul’s Slide and Dolan Point, have been repaired and reopened.
    Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The zone around the United Center kicks in at 7 p.m. the next day, with streets in the area expected to reopen Aug. 23.
    Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The lanes were closed after the crash but reopened late that evening, per New Jersey News 12.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The restaurant closed during the start of the pandemic, and then only the drive-through reopened.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The course wasn’t reopened in the 2022 season to allow the grounds to recover from the flooding the year prior.
    Marina Johnson, Detroit Free Press, 24 Mar. 2023
  • At the back of the restaurant on reopening day Guachiac brushed a buttery wash over trays of flaky, fresh-from-the-oven pastelitos.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The show will close March 4, at which point the gallery will renovate and reopen later this year or next.
    Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2023
  • In the late afternoon, teenagers stream out of a high school, which has reopened after the Lunar New Year break.
    Eric Cheung, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Entry doors will reopen and passengers will have a chance to remove the item and step back in.
    Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The line was repaired by early evening and the businesses had reopened, Swift said.
    Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Within minutes, Jokic and the starters had reopened a 14-point lead.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 2 Nov. 2024
  • The agency expected the roadway to reopen around 3 p.m.
    Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The location at 1150 Main St. is slated to reopen in late fall under the name Nice Life.
    Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 31 July 2024
  • Notre Dame is expected to reopen on Dec. 8 for the first time since the blaze, which also damaged its roof and some of its vaults.
    Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Wounds on his knees would scab over and reopen after he was forced to kneel on uncooked rice and concrete.
    James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023
  • It was not reopened with a new jury out of concern for Higgins’s health.
    Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Schools reopened on Monday after a delay of about a month.
    Jeffrey Moyo, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2024
  • When the world reopened, consumers found many products and services running short.
    Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Separately, Las Vegas police said that the road next to the casino, which was earlier closed due to protests, had reopened after the arrests.
    Reuters, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024

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