How to Use overhaul in a Sentence

overhaul

verb
  • The mechanic overhauled the car's engine.
  • They had to overhaul their original plans.
  • Lawmakers are overhauling the welfare program.
  • There’s much to fix, even overhaul.
    — Kansas City Star, 19 Dec. 2025
  • Love the look but don’t want to overhaul your floors?
    — Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Love the look but don’t want to overhaul your floors?
    — Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2025
  • No need to overhaul all of your bedding.
    — Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The county closed the lot a year ago to overhaul the space.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Parents do not have to overhaul their home overnight.
    — Ryan Brennan may 19, Charlotte Observer, 19 May 2026
  • Berry greatly overhauled it with his unique twists on rhythm and blues.
    — Jim Farber, EW.com, 23 July 2024
  • The schemes have changed, the rosters have been overhauled.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Each had to overhaul their roster.
    — Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Much of the playbook for sports law has been overhauled over the last two decades.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • There is no need to overhaul your entire lifestyle in one week.
    — Ellevate, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • Four times a year, the crew overhauls the seasonal drink menu.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Over the past two years, the district’s practices have been overhauled.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Esteves promised to overhaul the state’s child care system.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • No need to overhaul your entire schedule.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
  • What else is the state doing to overhaul its strained mental health system?
    — Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Once a blemish on the course due to its sharp slope, the area was completely overhauled.
    — Anya Armentrout, Twin Cities, 19 June 2026
  • By this time of the year, closets have been overhauled and swimsuits are out of storage.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 31 May 2023
  • The bill would overhaul a law passed a few years ago when name, image and likeness laws were just starting.
    — Jeffrey Collins, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Whether or not the clause should be overhauled has been a big part of the fiscal debate ahead of the election.
    — Sophie Kiderlin, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Airbnb rolled out changes to its site this month that are set to overhaul the way prospective guests search for and arrange stays.
    — J.d. Simkins, Sunset Magazine, 1 June 2022
  • The town is planning to overhaul its patchy road network in a bid to ease congestion.
    — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Winker took the offseason to get his body into a better place and overhaul his swing.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The design firm Three Sixty will overhaul the look of the space.
    — Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Instead of trying to overhaul your mind, try taking one minute a day to focus on one task.
    — al, 9 Mar. 2021
  • As a result, the filmmakers were forced to overhaul the entire third act of the movie.
    — Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The Celtics’ roster has been overhauled since the last time Tatum suited up.
    — Jay King, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026

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