How to Use reopen in a Sentence

reopen

verb
  • The cut on his knee reopened when he tried to run.
  • He wants the team to reopen his contract.
  • The restaurant will reopen in April.
  • The district attorney reopened the murder case because new evidence was found.
  • I'm sorry, but the store is closed. We reopen at nine on Monday.
  • The company announced plans to reopen its Detroit factory.
  • The lake will reopen in two weeks.
    — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Some polling places have since reopened.
    — Zac Anderson, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Lanes have since been reopened.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 10 June 2026
  • For many of us, the fear did not end when the doors reopened.
    — Norma Torres, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The store just reopened, and is all stocked up and ready to roll.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Many worry the city may not reopen the course.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The town hall and post office have yet to reopen.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Gary police said the case was reopened.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • The area was later cleared and reopened.
    — Greg Norman-Diamond , Tyler Olson , Alexandra Koch , Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • No date has been set for reopening.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
  • The school reopened this week for classes.
    — Mark Guarino, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • As of now, the campus will reopen.
    — Cheryl Vari, Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The road was closed while crews were at the scene and later reopened.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Mar. 2026
  • All lanes have since reopened to traffic.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
  • One reopened a short time after.
    — Shane Croucher john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But lanes will reopen before then.
    — Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Now, the Supreme Court has reopened that door to harm.
    — Donna Lamb, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The southbound lanes have since reopened.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Eastbound lanes have since been reopened.
    — Steven Yablonski, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Both the Warhol and Clemente bridges have reopened, too.
    — John Shumway, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • If Trump reopens it, his appetite for regime change may grow.
    — Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Though closed for the winter, the prison reopens in March.
    — Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Wallin said no drone or drone pilot was found and the runway was reopened.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2025
  • It has since been lifted and the campus has been reopened.
    — Danny E Freeman, CNN Money, 16 June 2026

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