How to Use rethink in a Sentence

rethink

verb
  • He took a moment to rethink.
  • You had better rethink your decision.
  • The government is rethinking its policy.
  • One way is to rethink what faith means.
    — Big Think, 5 Nov. 2025
  • When in doubt, take a breather and rethink your long-term plans.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Most of these mistakes are easy to rethink.
    — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 23 Apr. 2026
  • That prompted him to rethink what could go there.
    — Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The threat of delta should prompt vaccine doubters to rethink.
    — Arkansas Online, 10 June 2021
  • An event back in the fall caused Staats to rethink at-home care.
    — Ashley Milne-Tyte, NPR, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But Durbin said even cities with big blocks can rethink a few things.
    — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Get ready to rethink your lunch routine.
    — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2025
  • And if your idea doesn’t meet step one below, pause and rethink.
    — Bowen Liu, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • So one of the paths forward is just rethinking some of that stuff.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 5 Feb. 2024
  • There is no cause for panic or a wholesale rethink in search of a cure.
    — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Of course any of those things might lead the Fed to rethink matters.
    — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Every leader will need to rethink how work gets done.
    — Charles Lamanna, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Supply chains are being rethought.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Taking that away from him for six months forced him to rethink his approach.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The woman who wrote the letter needs to rethink.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The person who wrote the letter needs to rethink.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
  • In fact, something might prompt you to rethink your future goals.
    — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
  • Reevaluate your worth, rethink your next move and take the path that makes sense.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
  • In addition, rethink your meals by adding beans, peas, whole grains, lentils, etc.
    — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 26 Sep. 2024
  • In fact, this is a good day to make your pitch about something, wrap up an old deal or rethink goals and plans.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The tech jobless are rethinking their lives.
    — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • Addiction is not the first disease these drugs have forced us to rethink.
    — Ziyad Al-Aly, STAT, 4 Mar. 2026
  • For some, the pandemic has been a time to rethink future plans.
    — Collin Binkley, Hannah Fingerhut, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Dec. 2021
  • One place to start would be rethinking our restrictions on food carts.
    — Liam Stanton, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The strain of rethinking left him at times feeling close to madness.
    — Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Across the country, calls went out from activists to rethink the scope and role of the police.
    — Christopher S. Warshaw, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025

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