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How to use reposition in a sentence

17 example sentences · verb, noun

Reposition means to put into a new position. Example: “The fabrication can be continuous for each column, which dramatically reduces the repositions of the robot.”

Examples of reposition by meaning

nounThe act of putting into a new position.

  • spontaneous reposition of a dislocated arytenoid cartilage
  • The fabrication can be continuous for each column, which dramatically reduces the repositions of the robot.2018, Jan Willmann, Robotic Fabrication in Architecture, Art and Design 2018, page 277

More sentences with reposition

  • Turned out it was Father repositioning a deaf and jigglesome Mother on the commode.2025 April, Jem Clarke, “Eureka! My Archimedes moment”, in The Oldie, page 43. From the entry jigglesome
  • Some brands are seizing this as an opportunity to reposition themselves as “clean fashion”.2025 June 28, Kate Finnigan, “‘Clean fashion’ gets into shape”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd.…. From the entry clean fashion
  • Zuckerberg’s repositioning of Meta started in earnest last year, when he began rearranging his bench of lieutenants.2022 July 26, Mike Isaac, “‘Operating With Increased Intensity’: Zuckerberg Leads Meta Into Next Phase”, in The New York Times. From the entry bench
  • Afrikanerdom is being repositioned as an endangered minority within a liberal democracy.2006, Chris Brink, No lesser place: the taaldebat at Stellenbosch. From the entry Afrikanerdom
  • He knew, however, that he wanted to reposition and “customerize” the HR department at SBC.1996, Randall S. Schuler, Paul F. Buller, Cases in Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resources Management, page 259. From the entry customerize
  • Figure 1 shows the use of the overpost environment to reposition text.1995, Cartography and Geographic Information Systems. From the entry overpost
  • You can reposition miniwindows anywhere in the workspace by dragging them with the mouse.1993, Michael B. Shebanek, The Complete Guide to the NEXTSTEPTM User Environment, page 22. From the entry miniwindow
  • Though some repositioning was performed during the dual-Doppler scanning, Mirai tended not to move around as much as the Thompson.2026 May, Timothy J. Lang, Brenda Dolan, Kyle Chudler, “Combined Dual-Doppler and Polarimetric Radar Observations of Maritime Tropical…. From the entry intership
  • A great vision of barbecues ablaze, televisions repositioned and six times a boozy roar across the back gardens.2018 June 24, Sam Wallace, “Harry Kane scores hat-trick as England hit Panama for six to secure World Cup knock-out qualification”, in…. From the entry back garden
  • The intestines were repositioned, and the abdominal musculature and skin incisions were closed by standard techniques with absorbable suture and autoclips.2015 August 8, “Aggravated Cardiac Remodeling post Aortocaval Fistula in Unilateral Nephrectomized Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry autoclips
  • Every so often a leg would ponderously rise and anchor itself elsewhere, as a sifter repositioned itself with the changing wind.2013, A J Dalton, Gateway of the Saviours. From the entry besail
  • The result: half of the arriving vessels dematerialize in brilliant flashes, while the other half desperately reposition by a few thousand kilometers.2013 March 19, Greg Bear, String 25, in Halo: Silentium (Forerunner Saga; 3), New York: Tor, →ISBN, page 213. From the entry uncloaked
  • Spots were also used for the foreground, usually the smaller type like a “pup,” which could be repositioned quickly for different setups.2003, Christopher Neame, Rungs on a Ladder: Hammer Films Seen Through a Soft Gauze, page 23. From the entry pup
  • The process of "straightening Austen out" thus transpired within an institutional framework determined to discredit the authority of Janite reception by repositioning her novels within heteronormative cultural codes.2001, James L. Machor, Philip Goldstein, Reception Study: From Literary Theory to Cultural Studies, page 77. From the entry Janite
  • To improve her team repositioning Ultimate and put in more in line with the power of Valkyrie's Ultimate, Wraith's Interdimensional Portal can now cross twice the distance it could before.2023 February 8, Ollie Toms, “All the Legend and weapon changes coming to Apex Legends Season 16”, in Rock Paper Shotgun, archived from…. From the entry ult

Meaning of reposition

  1. verb To put into a new position.
  2. noun The act of putting into a new position.

Full definition of reposition

Questions about reposition in a sentence

How do you use reposition in a sentence?
Reposition is used as a verb and noun. For example: “The fabrication can be continuous for each column, which dramatically reduces the repositions of the robot.”
What is a short sentence with reposition?
“spontaneous reposition of a dislocated arytenoid cartilage”
What does reposition mean?
Reposition means to put into a new position.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reposition (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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