How to Use anew in a Sentence

anew

adverb
  • The process begins anew each spring.
  • These problems must be dealt with anew.
  • The poem has been translated anew for this new book.
  • He demonstrated anew that he's not a good leader.
  • The city has rebuffed calls to scrap the deal and start anew.
    Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
  • But then the drums pick back up, and the spiral begins anew.
    Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Now, the process starts anew, and the governor’s chief of staff once again looks like a good bet.
    Steve Bousquet, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
  • But when that supply starts to run out, the difficult search to find more will begin anew.
    Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Board member Matt Alexander wants to see all that addressed anew.
    Jill Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Spring is all about life beginning anew—so why not use this season as an excuse to rejuvenate your home?
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The quasireligious yearning to leave the dying Earth and be born anew has been the basis of all sorts of space dreams.
    Hari Kunzru, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
  • The approval process will now be scrapped, and the economy ministry would have to review it anew before the project can ever go ahead.
    New York Times, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The songs go from projection to balance to resolution, and then begin the cycle anew.
    Jon Schwartz, SPIN, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The water had created a vacuum around my shoes until their backs cut inch-long gashes into both of my heels, stabbing me anew with every step.
    Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Now that the Americans were gone, Mujahid suggested, Afghanistan could begin anew.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The debate about what to do with those leaves building up on your lawn erupts anew each fall, with lawncare enthusiasts and environmentalists alike weighing in on the pros and cons of each.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 6 Oct. 2024
  • In plain terms, that means a prosecution could theoretically be pursued anew after Trump leaves office at the end of his second term.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 25 Nov. 2024
  • On the anniversary of the American Rescue Plan becoming law, they are being forced to confront that risk assessment anew.
    Andrew Duehren and Amara Omeokwe, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Other important sources such as Cassius Dio are viewed through a similarly critical lens, ultimately forcing us to appraise the war anew.
    Andrew Roberts, National Review, 3 Mar. 2022
  • And the plants come back each spring to start the show anew.
    Bart Ziegler, wsj.com, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The shoe is born anew in ivory, as though washed clean.
    Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2024
  • Get rid of what no longer works for you and start anew.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Palm trees sheared by the storm grew anew and adorned the coastline.
    Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Please God, help me, give me strength and courage to start anew.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022
  • So go see the shape of your L.A. — and then start shaping it anew.
    Matthew Ballingereditor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • In every episode the bean dies, ready to be reborn anew for the next one.
    Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 22 Sep. 2022
  • This is the second time the Abruzovs have had to leave their home and start anew.
    Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Deer grow antlers anew each spring, often at the rate of an inch per day.
    Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2023
  • And now, in the middle of our journey, words must play their role anew.
    Jon Meacham, Town & Country, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The clock then starts over, and the patient must go through the Day One procedures anew.
    Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2022

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