How to Use resurgent in a Sentence

resurgent

adjective
  • Bichette had a resurgent season and is now a free agent.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
  • These two resurgent programs could be in for some fun matchups this fall.
    — Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • For now, though, the House bill bears the stamp of the resurgent left.
    — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 12 July 2019
  • Their coach hopes the resurgent Cowboys can make this year a big one.
    — Emmett Hall, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2017
  • Part of it was a resurgent showing from their offense.
    — Varun Shankar, Houston Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Bregman has had a resurgent year with the Red Sox.
    — Daniel R. Epstein, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The singer’s long black hair was styled with the resurgent side part and styled in natural waves.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Meanwhile, fears of a resurgent nuclear arms era are on the rise.
    — Rick Noack, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Still, the resurgent fascists decimate the fleet and put the good guys on their heels.
    — Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Elston was a key piece in Ford’s resurgent season.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2025
  • But as a salvo in an ongoing war of ideas with a resurgent left, there’s not much to it.
    — Matthew Yglesias, Vox, 30 July 2018
  • But this season was a resurgent one for Allen as a whole, in spite of the sour ending.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The resurgent fire had burned with more force, and the landscape appeared more like a real fire had gone through.
    — Steve Meyer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Part of the reason that coal has been resurgent is that it is used to fuel blast furnaces in which steel is made.
    — Emily Flitter, New York Times, 28 May 2018
  • Why a former walk-on could be the key to a resurgent UW run defense.
    — oregonlive, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The resurgent Xavier Rhodes will be a free agent after this season.
    — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The kids have taken big steps, the stars have had resurgent seasons, and the team looks deep both up front and on the back end.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • But scratch below the surface, and the real big news is even worse than a resurgent Bibi.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2022
  • Jack Flaherty, in the midst of a resurgent year, would provide that and them some.
    — Gary Phillips, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2024
  • The trio will be back with the resurgent Orioles this spring as guest coaches at spring training.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2024
  • For the past year, a resurgent Taliban have held sway over roughly half of Afghanistan.
    — Rahim Faiez, Star Tribune, 29 July 2021
  • The resurgent meme-stonk, and its many unlikely rallies, is the talk of Movieland.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2021
  • There hadn’t been much luck involved in Alex Cobb’s resurgent first month of the season.
    — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • Still, the Blue Jays need more than their top pair and a resurgent George Springer.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 3 May 2025
  • Here are three things to know about a resurgent Illinois State team and its matchup with Auburn.
    — Sean Hammond, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
  • At the time of the injury, Gates was playing as well as any member of a resurgent defense.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Trea Turner enjoyed a resurgent season at the plate and on defense.
    — Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Come for the soccer, stay for the resurgent restaurant and rooftop bar scenes and lively cultural events.
    — Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 3 May 2026
  • At long last, the ACC is having a resurgent campaign.
    — Jim Root, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Three straight TDs by the offense followed, two of them from a resurgent passing game.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025

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