Example Sentences

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The Catholic-majority country's annual spectacle re-enacting the last moments of Jesus Christ typically draws up to 12,000 local and foreign tourists.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

This was also the heyday of traveling extravaganzas like Buffalo Bill Cody’s Wild West shows, which featured hundreds of performers re-enacting frontier battles and showing off their hunting and sharpshooting skills.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 15, 2026

Did I just wind up re-enacting what people are doing with this movie anyway and express genuine intrigue?

From New York Times • May 7, 2024

Gunning believes her character is re-enacting "the life she should have had" instead of living her otherwise almost solitary existence.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2024

Silent Sam was re-enacting the entire episode in pantomime for the benefit of Tim and Tess and some other infant creatures.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques