How to Use déjà vu in a Sentence

déjà vu

noun
  • When the car broke down again, it was déjà vu.
  • The rise in housing costs is déjà vu all over again.
  • I entered the room and immediately felt a sense of déjà vu.
  • Now, a sense of deja vu has emerged.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 7 May 2026
  • Part of it is sort of deja vu all over again.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • There is a distinct sense of deja vu.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • This sparked a strange feeling of deja vu for viewers at home.
    — SI.com, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Not practicing in the spring seems like deja vu from last year.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2025
  • But this game for him was like deja vu of Game 3 last year for him, just all the way around.
    — Tania Ganguli, latimes.com, 7 June 2018
  • Given how the first round went, the deja vu could be bad news for Walker.
    — Time, 6 Dec. 2022
  • And that kind of deja vu, Freeman would welcome most.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Lawrence traveled over 4,000 miles for a sense of deja vu.
    — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The play caused deja vu for Young, who recalled seeing a pass just like that a decade ago.
    — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The maps gave residents a feeling of deja vu.
    — Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Kansas can’t defend the long ball Kansas fans may feel a sense of deja vu.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2024
  • In fact, the current situation might feel a bit like deja vu.
    — Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Chen says the spending on holiday promotions gave him a sense of deja vu.
    — John Ruwitch, NPR, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Today, the rise of AI is giving me a feeling of deja vu all over again.
    — Thomas H. Ruggie, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • If the pictures are giving you a bit of deja vu, that's perfectly normal.
    — Ars Technica, 11 Mar. 2025
  • For Richards, the injury was almost the worst possible kind of deja vu.
    — Tom Bogert, New York Times, 10 June 2026
  • For Trudy Flesner, the whole situation has played out like a bad case of deja vu.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 1 Feb. 2021
  • But that night the Red Sox bullpen couldn’t hold the lead, and Thursday brought a sense of deja vu.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
  • In a painful deja vu, the new house burned in the Park Fire on July 25.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2024
  • Facing deja vu Friday night, the Wildcats proved that things — and times — have changed.
    — Arizona Daily Star, azcentral, 28 Feb. 2020
  • The first in-person debate is still giving many 2020 deja vu.
    — Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 24 June 2024
  • On the Biden side, the creeping sense of deja vu has become a dominant feeling.
    — Michael Scherer and Scott Clement Washington Post, Star Tribune, 18 Oct. 2020
  • There was an air of deja vu as Riyad Mahrez slotted across the face of goal and Sterling tapped home.
    — SI.com, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Dining at Good Good Culture Club gave me a strong sense of deja vu.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Feb. 2022
  • While this may all sound distinctly new and unique to part-time horror fans, aficionados of the genre may feel a rather strong sense of deja vu.
    — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Bomba had deja vu from San Francisco, where the air was so thick with smoke people had to mask up.
    — Seth Borenstein and Melina Walling, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023

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