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• The aircraft went into a sudden decline before the pilot regained control.From the entry decline
• He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back.From the entry trust
• Just before hitting the guardrail the driver regained control and pulled out of the skid.From the entry skid
• It was many decades before the war-ravaged country regained its industrial strength.From the entry industrial strength
• The weeds have long run rampant in the garden and it would be difficult to regain control.From the entry run rampant
• At the last minute, the hero regained consciousness and rolled out of the path of the tank.From the entry at the last minute
• Edgar Allan Poe was a self-declared Polonophile and an admirer of Poland's struggle for regaining independence.From the entry Polonophile
• The coach sidelined the player until he regained his strength.From the entry sideline
• The sermon's theme is that we are all fallen angels and should aspire to regain full glory in heaven.From the entry fallen angel
• Liston was down for the count more than once before rising up to regain command of the fight.From the entry down for the count
• A Poulsbo woman who found herself surrounded by a gaze of raccoons Monday has regained her home.2024 October 10, Julia Dallas, “WDFW: Gaze of raccoons have dispersed after Poulsbo woman stopped feeding them”, in My Northwest, archived…. From the entry gaze
• Once there, they regrouped and returned to regain their lost territory.2021 May 26, Jerome Keating, “The Kinmen and Matsu challenge”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2021…. From the entry qi
• Indeed, the ultimate goal of equalism is to regain paradise on Earth.2019, Newton Lee, The Transhumanism Handbook, Springer, →ISBN, page 853. From the entry equalism
• If Mr Johnson lost a confidence motion, he could abandon no-deal to try to regain MPs’ confidence.2019 August 29, “The Guardian view on Johnson v parliament: an unelective dictatorship”, in The Guardian. From the entry confidence motion
• Then as the pulsar clock travels more slowly through the weakest part of.the field it regains time.2014, John Hussey, Bang to Eternity and Betwixt: Cosmos. From the entry pulsar clock
• These proteins help a partially heat-denatured protein to regain its native secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structures.2012, Frederick Bettelheim, William Brown, Mary Campbell, Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry, page 359. From the entry unboil
• He was groaning in agony from the gut shot, and it kept him from regaining his feet.2010, Joe Mckinney, Apocalypse of the Dead, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry gut shot
• Kovalev regained possession of the puck and stickhandled at full speed into neutral-zone open ice.2008 April 17, Dave Stubbs, “Lots of life left in Bruins”, in The Gazette, Montreal, retrieved 13 May 2008. From the entry stickhandle
• As he regained his senses, he could hear the trickle of water running from the Pot.2001, Philip E. LaMoreaux with Judy T. Tanner, Springs and Bottled Waters of the World, →ISBN, page 166. From the entry drinking water
• Shivering, his hair spiky with sweat, he needs a few minutes to regain composure.1999 June 18, “Rock and a hard place”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry gacked
• This will prevent missed gears when you stomp the shift lever in a panic to regain power.1976 June, Russ Darnell, “Pro Techniques for Off-road Riding”, in Bob Atkinson, editor, Cycle World, volume 15, number 1, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry wheelie
• Madame de Pompadour used tincture of cantharides to regain the love of Louis XV.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 56. From the entry tincture
• He ‘sat down’ for days, regaining his strength, quietly sizing up his little kingdom.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 27. From the entry sit down
• Find me a blade and I will slay a hundred to regain life."1928, Edgar Rice Burroughs, chapter VIII, in The Master Mind of Mars, ESCAPE. From the entry out with it
• Schomberg turned up, yawning affectedly, almost before Davidson had regained his seat.1915, Joseph Conrad, chapter 7, in Victory, New York: Modern Library, published 1921, page 57. From the entry affectedly
• Things began to take form—he was regaining the perspective of civilized man.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 45. From the entry red mist
• But thanks to a torrid stretch that started in mid-June, the Yankees have regained first place in the A.L.2019 July 22, James Wagner, “Yankees Face Another A.L. Powerhouse in the Twins”, in The New York Times, page B11. From the entry torrid
• It’s an interesting concept, and I imagine I’d murder the immobilizer quickly just to regain full control over my pieces.2018 October 12, aabicus, “My 7 Favorite Fairy Chess Pieces”, in The Daily SPUF. From the entry immobilizer
• On the night before his execution he calls God in Arabic - "Bismillah" - and so regains his soul from Satan.2011 June 15, “Smashed Hits: What is a Bohemian Rhapsody?”, in BBC. From the entry bismillah
• This is a common experience among drug addicts who need stronger and stronger doses to regain the old 'kicks'.1996, Samuel Brittan, Capitalism with a human face, page 136. From the entry kick
• Gradually, she replaces her belief in Bill with a Zelda-like devotion to ballet, by which she regains her youthfulness.1995, Elizabeth Anne Weston, The International Theme in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Literature, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry Zelda-like
• Although she read about the gayful events of the fifth volume of Hokke Sanju-ko, she was not able to regain self.1970, Senʼichi Hisamatsu, Murasaki Shikibu: The Greatest Lady Writer in Japanese Literature. From the entry gayful
• It is the honour of France not to let the hostages down and to allow them to regain their freedom,” added the RWB statement.2023 March 20, Kylie Atwood, “American citizen held hostage for 6 years in West Africa has been freed”, in CNN, archived from the original…. From the entry RWB

Meaning of regain

1. verb To get back; to recover possession of.
2. noun The act or process of regaining something.
3. noun The amount of width a woven cloth grows by when the fibers swell, used to determine the width of the reed to use in weaving.

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Questions about regain in a sentence

How do you use regain in a sentence?

Regain is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The aircraft went into a sudden decline before the pilot regained control.”

What is a short sentence with regain?

“Everything I have lost, I will regain.”

What does regain mean?

Regain means to get back; to recover possession of.