relive
verb (used with object)
to experience again, as an emotion.
was reliving
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past progressiveof relive.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I immediately recognized her as a long-in-the-fight hope warrior, an old hippie or other anti-war peace-and-justice type who was reliving her youth.
From Salon ● Jun. 17, 2025
Later in the clubhouse, Yamamoto was reliving his night when Shohei Ohtani approached him with a bottle of sparkling wine pointed in his direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2024
All that left Christina until she was reliving her childhood memories with her daughter in the Lake District in 2012.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2023
With his psychoanalyst, they came to the conclusion that he was reliving his birth.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 5, 2023
Maybe he was reliving a scene from long ago.
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
