resurrect
verb (used with object)
to raise from the dead; bring to life again.
was resurrecting
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past progressiveof resurrect.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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On Tuesday, McFarland announced on YouTube that he was resurrecting his dead-on-arrival creation after pondering the idea in solitary.
From Slate ● Aug. 24, 2023
The community college, just outside Charlotte, was resurrecting an athletic program that had been dormant since 1972, so there wasn’t much to sell.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
I interviewed him for a Village Voice feature in 2000 on Susan Sontag when he was resurrecting her recalcitrant drama "Alice in Bed" at New York Theatre Workshop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2016
I liked fake-believing that it’s actually Richard Nixon, that his final dirty trick was resurrecting himself within a social medium that rewards trolls, scolds and gadflies.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2015
And underlying this willingness was the spirit that was resurrecting us all.
From One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America by Carleton, William
