revive
verb (used with object)
to activate, set in motion, or take up again; renew.
have been reviving
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present perfect progressiveof revive.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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I always imagined that a film star, like Jimmy Stewart in “A Wonderful Life,” would have been reviving that every few years in the way we revive it by watching it at Christmas time.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 1, 2022
Graham’s most impressive coaching accomplishment might have been reviving the moribund Rice program.
From New York Times ● Jan. 11, 2011
Local resistance to deforestation has been growing, and new generations have been reviving reindeer husbandry traditions.
From Washington Post
You have been reviving Romeo and Juliet—in the heart of Normandy.
From The Stepmother, A Drama in Five Acts by Honoré de Balzac
