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How to use renew in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Renew means to make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition. Example: “This murder has been a cold case for decades until last year when the new sheriff renewed the investigation.”

Examples of renew by meaning

verbTo become new, or as new; to revive.

  • Does Christianity still have the capacity to renew?1997 July, “Seeking Christian interiority: An interview with Louis Dupre”, in Christian Century, volume 114, number 21, page 654
  • Renewing neighborhoods dealing with vacant buildings badly need options other than demolition or dangerous vacant spaces.2010 September, Michael Allen, "St. Louis Preservation Fund", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, Vol.16, Is.9, p.74

verbTo begin again; to recommence.

  • This murder has been a cold case for decades until last year when the new sheriff renewed the investigation.

verbTo extend a period of loan, especially a library book that is due to be returned.

  • I'd like to renew these three books. Did you know that you can renew online?

More sentences with renew

  • A renewed sense of national pride arose in Hitler's antebellum Germany.From the entry antebellum
  • My driving licence runs out next week, so I had better renew it now.From the entry run out
  • The research department was deemed expendable, and its funding was not renewed.From the entry expendable
  • The nontermination clause forced the two companies to renew their contract.From the entry nontermination
  • The tenant exercised his option to renew the tenancy.From the entry exercise
  • If you renew your cell phone contract, you can roll forward the minutes you haven't used into the next year.From the entry roll forward
  • Recent years have seen renewed interest in pragmatic research within the realm of social media platforms.2023, Li, H.X., Liu, J.Y. and Zhang, X.Y., “A Pragmatic Study of Self-Depreciation in Social Media Context”, in Open Access Library Journal. From the entry self-depreciation
  • As we continue to participate with our ritual, our stories are renewed.2022, Dori S. Koehler, “I Am Disney Bound: Costuming as Psycho-Spiritual Practice”, in Priscilla Hobbs, editor, Interpreting and…. From the entry Disneybound
  • I am so sunk in the work’s psychology, I feel almost an alien, some renewing life form.2021 January 7, Jillian Tamaki, “How the Bible Divided, and United, Allan Gurganus and His Father”, in New York Times. From the entry renewing
  • The Hopi people believe that the Fourth World will eventually need to be purified and renewed.2021, Gregson Schachner, Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma, Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa, Wesley Bernardini, Becoming Hopi: A History, University of…. From the entry Fifth World
  • Large paleoburrows and crotovines (see Chapter 6) have recently received renewed interest in the literature.2013, Richard A. Fariña, Megafauna: Giant Beasts of Pleistocene South America, page 249. From the entry paleoburrow
  • It's a good time to clean out your house and your life—to refresh, renew, and rededicate yourself.2011, Amber K, How to Become a Witch: The Path of Nature, Spirit & Magick, page 44. From the entry rededicate
  • We'd invite various contacts up to renew acquaintances and remind them of my dressmaking talents.2010, Guy C. Taylor, Penelope Venola, Maryjane's Notebook: Memoirs of a Hollywood Dress Designer, →ISBN. From the entry renew acquaintances
  • You should be able to get your passport renewed at the embassy in London.2003 November 23, “Photo id for flying between the UK and Ireland”, in soc.culture.irish (Usenet). From the entry happener
  • He was forced to renew himself, though he knew it was one time too many.1998, Ian Irvine, Dark is the Moon (The View From the Mirror Quarter; volume three), Orbit, published 2011, →ISBN, page 511. From the entry spellmaster
  • Equally remarkable, however, is the direct parallel between Cold War II and renewed federal investment in computing.1997, Paul N. Edwards, The Closed World, →ISBN, page 283. From the entry Cold War II
  • Only recently have semioticians shown a renewed interest in aesthetic features of nature.1990, Winfried Nöth, “Aesthetics”, in Handbook of Semiotics (Advances in Semiotics), Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press, →ISBN…. From the entry aestheticalness
  • In baptism we make covenant; in communion we renew covenant week by week. . . .1979, Ronald E. Osborn, The Faith We Affirm, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry break bread
  • Appleton's move comes two weeks after the city of Oshkosh decided not to renew its contract with Flock.2026 May 6, Scott Hurley, “Appleton mayor says city will stop using Flock cameras”, in WLUK-TV, archived from the original on 31 May 2026. From the entry Oshkosh
  • A bad change is acknowledged as the renewed answer with a condition that falls as the computation proceeds.2022, Ashutosh Dixit, Arindam Chowdhury, Parvesh Saini, “A review on optimal placement of phasor measurement unit (PMU)”, in Prashant…. From the entry leisurelier
  • The clothes were delightfully candy-coloured, with generous doses of teal and raspberry that look renewed when rendered in the timeless textile.2022 September, “The Collections”, in Harper’s Bazaar Singapore, page 57. From the entry candy-coloured
  • What if, the next time he needs to renew his passport for a family holiday, the computer says no?2020 January 17, Gaby Hinsliff, “EU nationals are fearful. And after Windrush, they should be”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry the computer says no
  • I hoped for that outcome with a renewed intensity.2019, Abby Chava Stein, Becoming Eve, Seal Press, page 194. From the entry pray the gay away
  • Those cerebral outlets helped to fuel renewed interest in Marx and critical theory, as well as late capitalism.2017 May 1, Annie Lowrey, “Why the Phrase 'Late Capitalism' Is Suddenly Everywhere”, in The Atlantic. From the entry late capitalism
  • For others you have renewed something that had been buried or lost behind the magicianry of mindless ministers.2017, Jakub Drápal, quoting Kamill Resler, translated by Anna Barton, Defending Nazis in Postwar Czechoslovakia: The Life of K. Resler…. From the entry magicianry
  • He said recent nail-biting finals had renewed interest in the end-of-season contests, after a series of one-sided beltings earlier this decade.2009 August 24, Matt Johnston, “Race for the eight as AFL finals approach”, in Herald Sun. From the entry belting
  • The incident has renewed discussion regarding safety barriers in subways.2009 February 18, Melissa Leong, Justin Robertson, “Man accused of TTC assault to remain in police custody: 47-year-old may undergo…. From the entry platform-edge door
  • The sharp increase in terminocrats and the decrease in mediocrats between marker beds f and h should correspond to renewed cooling.2004, John A. Van Couvering, The Pleistocene Boundary and the Beginning of the Quaternary. From the entry mediocrat
  • "His excellency is wise not to waste breath renewing it.2003, Johnston McCulley, The Mark of Zorro. From the entry offstand
  • You, O sea, unwearyingly renewed . . .2000, Gesualdo Bufalino, Tommaso and the Blind Photographer, page 18. From the entry revirginate
  • This isn't successful either, for the longing keeps surfacing, and his attempts to repress it must constantly be renewed.1999, Marva J. Dawn, A Royal "Waste" of Time: The Splendor of Worshiping God and Being Church for the World. From the entry push under
  • Potts authorized other attorneys to renew his appeals.1980 June 25, “A.C.L.U. Seeks to Stay Execution of Georgian”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry stay
  • For very young artists today the achievements of the Zeroists stimulated a renewed interest in Mondrian and De Stijl.1969, Art and Artists - Volume 4, Issues 7-12, page 22. From the entry zeroist
  • Let us suppose that 29 licences having been correctly renewed, by some overchance the 30th gets out of phase.1968, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates: Standing committees. From the entry overchance
  • Beeching, against electrification without renewed examination of projects.1963 June, “News and Comment: Le Plan Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 364. From the entry bias
  • And when he came back to get the permit renewed, Du Toit said no, and endorsed him out.1956, Harry Bloom, Episode, page 28. From the entry endorse out

Meaning of renew

  1. verb To make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.
  2. verb To replace (something which has broken etc.); to replenish (something which has been exhausted), to keep up a required supply of.
  3. verb To make new spiritually; to regenerate.

Full definition of renew

Questions about renew in a sentence

How do you use renew in a sentence?
Renew is used as a verb and noun. For example: “This murder has been a cold case for decades until last year when the new sheriff renewed the investigation.”
What is a short sentence with renew?
“Beeching, against electrification without renewed examination of projects.”
What does renew mean?
Renew means to make (something) new again; to restore to freshness or original condition.

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