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How to use renaissance in a sentence

24 example sentences · noun

Renaissance means a rebirth or revival. Example: “Renaissance tin-glazed Italian maiolica earthenware was made in Urbino and other centres.”

Examples of renaissance by meaning

nounA rebirth or revival.

  • Heralding “a coming renaissance of long-form journalism,” the twitchy news site Politico hired away the editor in chief of Foreign Policy magazine last summer to commission writerly, deeply reported stories.2013 December 12, James Bennet, “Against 'Long-Form Journalism'”, in James Bennet, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic...
  • The news of her death is shocking, in part, because she was in the midst of a late-career renaissance.2026 January 30, Judy Berman, “Catherine O’Hara Portrayed the Vain and Delusional With a Radical Lack of Vanity”, in TIME, archived from...

More sentences with renaissance

  • Renaissance tin-glazed Italian maiolica earthenware was made in Urbino and other centres.From the entry tin-glazed
  • There are good reasons to think that Caravaggio admired the renaissance art of the Leonardeschi.2003, Caravaggio & His World: Darkness & Light, Sydney, N.S.W.: Art Gallery of New South Wales; Melbourne, Vic.: National Gallery of…. From the entry Leonardeschi
  • We are starting to see more Kölschs, more Pilseners, and a renaissance of so-called “pre-Prohibition-style” lagers.1999, The New Brewer, page 11. From the entry kölsch
  • In one way and another, the people were now looking forward to a better future, to a renaissance of their city.2005, Christopher Morgan, Irina Orlova, “The Leningrad Affair”, in Saving the Tsar’s Palaces, Clifton upon Teme, Worcestershire: Polperro…. From the entry voskresnik
  • The renaissance of a native literature, a by-product of the movement, was thus its first and most tangible accomplishment.1985, Tadeusz Swietochowski, “A century of Russian rule”, in Russian Azerbaijan, 1905-1920: The Shaping of a National Identity in a Muslim…. From the entry Classical Azerbaijani
  • The renaissance of downtown Flagstaff brought new life to its old brick buildings in the form of hip new places to eat, drink and sleep.2024 June 25, Joe Yogerst, “Grand Canyon pit stop is now a bona fide hot spot”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2024. From the entry flagstaff
  • Nonalcoholic beer is having a renaissance.2023 March 24, Laura Reiley, “Could nonalcoholic wine be the toast of the town?”, in The Washington Post. From the entry sober-curious
  • The rerecognition of black phosphorus (BP) and the research brought about by the revolution in the field of materials are called the renaissance of BP.2020 November 29, Hongyan Yang, Yunzhen Wang, Z. C. Tiu, Libo Yuan, Han Zhang, “Black phosphorus: device and application”, in Ju Han Lee…. From the entry rerecognition
  • Shakshuka came out of total obscurity and, in a couple of decades, evolved into one of the symbols of the local food renaissance.2019, Einat Admony, Janna Gur, Shuk: From Market to Table, the Heart of Israeli Home Cooking, Artisan Books, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry shakshuka
  • In an effort to de-parochialize modern Jewish culture, participants in Russian Jewry's cultural renaissance translated large quantities of European literature into Hebrew and Yiddish.2013, Joshua M. Karlip, The Tragedy of a Generation, page 155. From the entry de-parochialize
  • And now you know you're not alone, because you're part of an international renaissance, part of the noble company of yarnspinners and wondersmiths.2013, Dan Yashinsky, Swimming with Chaucer, page 140. From the entry wondersmith
  • Nevertheless, fish and chip shops are still the most popular form of takeaway in the UK, and are undergoing something of a renaissance.2008, The Book of Business Inspiration, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 243. From the entry fish and chip
  • On the contrary, the face-lift is enjoying a renaissance, following the introduction of newer and newer techniques involving smaller scars and shorter recuperation periods.2007 October 6, Polly Vernon, “The facelift king of America”, in The Observer. From the entry facelift
  • Singing their holiday concert from memory, the group sounded confident and expressive in pieces ranging from a medley of Barry Manilow songs to renaissance motets.1987 December 27, Frank K. Owen, “It's True What They Say About Choir Boys”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 24, page 7. From the entry motet
  • It is from the days of the Abbasside rulers that the real renaissance of the Greek spirit and Greek culture is to be dated.1905, “Mohammedanism”, in The New International Encyclopædia, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. From the entry Mohammedanism
  • In the spirit of Fall Out Boy’s latest release, “Ceremonies,” I’ve decided to share my two cents about emo music and its revival, or renaissance, to be more precise.2014, Joseph Maltese, “Writer celebrates emo”, in Crusader, page 12. From the entry emo trinity
  • Ellis makes Diaghilev a John the Baptist of a ‘classico-mathematical Renaissance’, and the notion that this was a renaissance of some kind or other was evidently in the air.2003 September 21, Frank Kermode, “‘Pieces of My Mind’”, in The New York Times. From the entry John the Baptist
  • Renaissance doctors, working within the context of humoral medicine, treated furor uterinus with bleeding, purges, emetics, and a variety of herbal medicines to restore equilibrium to the body's elements.1995, Jennifer Terry, Jacqueline Urla, Deviant Bodies, page 227. From the entry furor uterinus
  • There really has been a renaissance of young queerlings, which given the depths of despair of the mid to latish 80's would have been hard to predict.1994 April 3, Michael Thomas, “Re: IKEA thoughts”, in soc.motss (Usenet). From the entry queerling
  • Renaissance church spires thrust up over the orange-red rooftops, and still higher, the massive outjuttings of the Alps, surrounding the city, were visible from almost every point.1986, Robert Alter, A Lion for Love: A Critical Biography of Stendhal, page 16. From the entry outjutting
  • With the medical renaissance of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, observations on the state of the tongue and the mouth became as important as the taking of the pulse.1952, Richard W. Vilter, “Sore Tongue and Sore Mouth”, in Cyril Mitchell MacBryde, editor, Signs and symptoms: Applied Pathologic…. From the entry glossology
  • United's renaissance under manager Erik ten Hag already has the tangible reward of the Carabao Cup but Liverpool unleashed a brutal reality check on their progress with a severe thrashing.2023 March 5, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 7-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport. From the entry reality check

Meaning of renaissance

  1. noun A rebirth or revival.

Full definition of renaissance

Questions about renaissance in a sentence

How do you use renaissance in a sentence?
Renaissance is used as a noun. For example: “Renaissance tin-glazed Italian maiolica earthenware was made in Urbino and other centres.”
What is a short sentence with renaissance?
“Nonalcoholic beer is having a renaissance.”
What does renaissance mean?
Renaissance means a rebirth or revival.

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