Example Sentences

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A lot of this is reconstructing it over the last month.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2022

Among the goals is reconstructing the frescoed ceiling of the House of the Painters at Work, shattered by Allied bombing during World War II.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2022

Whether someone is reconstructing long-vanished pterosaurs for an academic study or designing a creature for a blockbuster film, sound is paramount in bringing both past and imaginary worlds to life.

From Scientific American • Jan. 10, 2022

Bong’s latest act is reconstructing that whole dream before our eyes, as vividly as we’ve ever seen it before, and then, in one last twist, making it vanish.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2019

It is the great, surging, living truth that is reconstructing the world, and that will usher in the Dawn.

From Anarchism and Other Essays by Goldman, Emma