How to Use recur in a Sentence

recur

verb
  • There is only a slight chance that the disease will recur.
  • The same problem keeps recurring.
  • Kristin Chenoweth is set to recur.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Keep an eye on it for a while to be sure the stickiness does not recur.
    — oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023
  • This will be a recurring motif, these kind of light rings.
    — Rachel Handler, Vulture, 22 May 2026
  • This is a one-time purchase with no recurring fees.
    — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Not great with his feet, which could be a recurring theme this season.
    — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Those issues haven’t recurred since, Rae said.
    — Amber Gaudet, Charlotte Observer, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The recurring use of red deepens these themes.
    — Olga Garcia-Mayoral, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2026
  • That becomes a recurring them in the film.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But then the same heel issue that now recurred stopped him in his tracks at the start of the season.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Food is a recurring source of distress.
    — Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Wesley is billed as a recurring guest star in the new season.
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023
  • But recurring back pain has not stopped Muzinda in her tracks.
    — Aisha Salaudeen, CNN, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Across these distilleries, a few themes recur.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • This operation recurred about a dozen times over the next half hour.
    — Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (tr. Elettra Pauletto), The Dial, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Algae at the pool has been a recurring issue for decades.
    — Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, USA Today, 21 June 2026
  • The consumers are getting weary of all of these recurring bills.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Yet, a recurring theme has played out in losses to smarter, deeper teams.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
  • These symptoms can last for weeks and, in chronic cases, recur for years.
    — New York Times, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The episode foreshadowed events that would recur on a much, much larger scale.
    — Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2021
  • These are recurring savings that compound once the switch is made.
    — Allison Palmer march 6, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
  • There are no recurring subscription fees tied to this plan.
    — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 8 Mar. 2026
  • One recurring theme will be music.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Rodents and recurring issues make up the mid-point range.
    — Ana Durrani, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Kristin Chenoweth will appear as a recurring guest star.
    — Giana Levy, Variety, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Kristin Chenoweth, who guest starred in the pilot, will be recurring.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Here is a list of the show’s main recurring characters.
    — Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 June 2026
  • As noted above, the same problems recurred during that flight.
    — Dominic Gates, The Seattle Times, 27 Nov. 2018
  • Anker, for his part, had had a recurring dream in which Lowe showed up to reclaim his brood.
    — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2020

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