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How to use remake in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Remake means to make again. Example: “You'll need to remake that cake, as it's completely burned.”

Examples of remake by meaning

verbTo make again.

  • You'll need to remake that cake, as it's completely burned.

verbTo make a new, especially updated, version of (a film, video game, etc.).

  • The director wanted to remake some of his favourite films from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
  • In 1976 and 1977, and the years to follow, as symbolically remade by the Sex Pistols, it was, perhaps, dadaists, lettrists, situationists, and various medieval heretics.1989, Greil Marcus, Lipstick Traces, Faber & Faber, published 2009

nounA new, especially updated, version of a film, video game, etc.

  • I haven't seen the original film, but the remake was great.
  • The thing I like most about the Total Recall remake is the—I have to presume ironic—name of its production company.2012 August 24, John Patterson, “Total Recall—a remake to forget”, in The Guardian
  • Like Hollywood remakes or remasters old movies, video game publishers are overhauling and rereleasing games to tap into ready-made fan bases for popular franchises like The Legend of Zelda, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon and World of Warcraft.2020 August 1, Imad Khan, “Like Old Hollywood Movies, Video Games Get a Polish for New Audiences”, in The New York Times

More sentences with remake

  • You must remake your bed, as per the inspector.From the entry as per
  • The film is also being remade in Gorap.From the entry gorap
  • The film is also being remade in Makassar Indonesian.From the entry Makassar Indonesian
  • The film is also being remade in Alas-Kluet Batak.From the entry Alas-Kluet Batak
  • The film is also being remade in Mandailing Batak.From the entry Mandailing Batak
  • This remake injects some contemporary misfortune (humans despoil the water, we're told).2023 May 24, Wesley Morris, “'The Little Mermaid' Review: Disney's Renovations Are Only Skin Deep”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry screensavery
  • All great ideas will be cloned and remade sooner or later.2014, Jürgen Brunner, Getting Started with Clickteam Fusion. From the entry jump'n'run
  • Her killer remake of “Let the Music Play” just might expand her audience beyond the ‘tween market.2009 August 14, Dan Pavelich, “Nanci Griffith is traditional American music at its best”, in Brian Sharkey, editor, Get Out (Kenosha…. From the entry 'tween
  • Roosevelt not only remade America, but he also charmed the pants off everybody while he did it.2006 June 25, Richard Lacayo, “The Making of America — Theodore Roosevelt”, in Time. From the entry the pants off
  • If they redesigned or remade those games, or in the next generation of massively multiplayers.”2006 April 11, Shannon Drake, “Ain’t Goin’ Away Ever”, in The Escapist, archived from the original on 20 Oct 2021. From the entry massively multiplayer
  • I just played the remake of Sword of Fargoal to victory.2003 September 22, p_conrad, “Remakes of "classic" crpgs ? Any one them finished ?”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg (Usenet), archived from…. From the entry roguelike
  • Remakes, re-dos, sequels, prequels, and postquels are all the rage in films, TV, and on the stage.2001, Charles Marowitz, Stage Dust: A Critic's Cultural Scrapbook from the 1990s, Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 23. From the entry reformulate
  • Supposedly there's a remake of House on Haunted Hill coming out in the fall.1999 August 4, Jason Roth, “House on Haunted Hill?”, in alt.horror (Usenet), retrieved 17 May 2022. From the entry alt.horrorian
  • Psycho has been sequelized, cable-TV prequelized, made into a short-lived TV series, and now it's been remade.1998 December 5, Phineas Narco, “'PSYCHO' SUCKS!!!”, in rec.arts.movies.current-films (Usenet), retrieved 19 Mar 2022. From the entry prequelize
  • Yaccarino’s exit caps a tumultuous period at X, which was previously called Twitter and has been remade in Mr.2025 July 9, Mike Isaac, Kate Conger, “X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says She Is Leaving Elon Musk’s Platform”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry cap
  • Now the area has been remade in their image.2025 May 5, Brock Colyar, “It Must Be Nice to Be a West Village Girl”, in New York, archived from the original on 19 May 2025. From the entry gelato
  • I get just as sick as everyone else when I see new remakes, reboots, sequels, sequels and even squeakquels.2023 April 11, Adam Beam, “Does Hollywood really have an originality problem?”, in The Slate, volume 66, number 16, page B1. From the entry squeakquel
  • It was meant to be a predictable remake.2022 April 8, John Lichfield, “Get ready for a scary fortnight in French politics: a Le Pen presidency really is possible”, in The Guardian. From the entry horror story
  • This was just a waste of a remake.2021 February 18, Realityczech (commenter), “The Stand Is Half of a Great Television Series”, in Tor. From the entry mailed-in
  • To slow it down, the below song is a throwback remake using a song from 90's babies' parents' generation.2017 October 6, Fobilasha, Bollywood Weekly (Usenet). From the entry og
  • Plastic surgery's remaking of the body demonstrates the dehumanized status of those subjects trapped within the systems which overgird the world.2013, Shawn Smith, Pynchon and History, page 51. From the entry overgird
  • Increasing numbers of people of retirement age or nearing it are remaking a hobby, interest or passion into a money-producing enterprise.2013 May 15, Elizabeth Olson, “Turning Hobbies Into Profits, With a Little Help”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York…. From the entry Donnetta
  • Destroying and remaking all of existence is unique, unparalleled.2007, John C. Wright, Titans of Chaos, page 307. From the entry disnature
  • Even if it could be salvaged, it would have to almost entirely be remade before it was fishable again.1993, Dana Stabenow, Dead in the Water, →ISBN, page 77. From the entry fishable
  • Among them was a remake of Tarzan.1984 April, Tom Arranaga, “Trivia Quiz: Pursuing Trivia About Today's and Yesterday's Femme Fatales”, in Orange Coast, →ISSN, page 147. From the entry triviaphile
  • There are parallels between low-spec gaming and demaking, the practice of remaking a game to run or look as if it's running on old hardware.2023, Edwin Evans-Thirlwell, “Maxing the Minimum: Inside the Often-thankless, Quietly Imaginative Task of Developing for Low-spec Gaming”…. From the entry demake
  • Director Steven Spielberg deliberately omitted subtitles for scenes in Spanish in his remake of the film “West Side Story” which is currently in theaters.2021 December 18, Ching Ching Tan, “Spielberg’s West Side Story shows us the value of multilingualism”, in CNN. From the entry Spielberg
  • The double meaning is much more on-the-nose in the remake since Guy actually says “swallow it for once in your life,” to his put-upon spouse.2011, John Kenneth Muir, Horror Films of the 1990s, McFarland, →ISBN, page 439. From the entry on the nose
  • A demake is basically the opposite of a remake – it’s taking a newer game and making it look like an older generation title.2008 November, “Indie Review”, in Dave Harfield, editor, Total PC Gaming, number 14, Bournemouth, Dorset: Imagine Publishing, →ISSN…. From the entry demake
  • The broken-down "outmodes" who cannot afford to remake themselves will be swept off the street and sent to Ma Ratchet's underground furnace.2005 March 11, A.o. Scott, “Machines That Rage Against Other Machines”, in The New York Times. From the entry outmode
  • His closest companions were handsome young boys who worshipped him and his game, whom Bill sought to remake in his own image.1976 December 11, Thom Willenbecher, “Tilden Re-Crucified”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 14. From the entry Socratic
  • The Chief called the makeup editor to the stone, pointed to the story which had caught his eye, and suggested a fairly simple remake.1965, George Murray, The Madhouse on Madison Street, page 38. From the entry stone
  • Some people might say with the overabundance of remakes and remasters at present that gaming culture is stuck in a bit of a solipsistic feedback loop.2026 July 15, Benjamin Richard "Yahtzee" Croshaw, 0:15 from the start, in Star Fox (Fully Ramblomatic), Second Wind, via YouTube. From the entry solipsistic
  • Fans around the world have remade versions of classic titles, used Pokemon themes in farming sims, and even created entire Minecraft modpacks that let players become epic trainers.2023 January 22, Laura Gray, “Bootleg Pokemon mobile game ad shows Ash murdering Team Rocket’s James”, in Dexerto. From the entry modpack

Meaning of remake

  1. verb To make again.
  2. verb To make a new, especially updated, version of (a film, video game, etc.).
  3. noun A new version of something.

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Questions about remake in a sentence

How do you use remake in a sentence?
Remake is used as a verb and noun. For example: “You'll need to remake that cake, as it's completely burned.”
What is a short sentence with remake?
“Among them was a remake of Tarzan.”
What does remake mean?
Remake means to make again.

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