refashion
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Cast into the world in disguise, she struggles to refashion herself aboard that ship as she strives to become true to the calling of exile and sailor.
From Los Angeles Times
The appointment of Hicks will be seen as a move by Pope Leo to refashion the leadership of the U.S.
Even the culinary masters in the French tradition have embraced the idea of giving turkey that Gallic twist, which often means refashioning it into something that doesn’t quite resemble a turkey.
Its ground floor would become an “interior street” while upper floors would be refashioned as housing in chunks of 100 to 250 units to take advantage of public funding sources.
From Los Angeles Times
Set in the idyllic island of Naxos, Greece, Pochoda refashions Euripides’ “The Bacchae” to weave a hypnotic tale of recently widowed Lena, breaking free from the strictures imposed by the men in her life.
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