How to Use retrain in a Sentence

retrain

verb
  • He retrained as a mechanic.
  • The organization retrains people who have lost their jobs.
  • He is retraining for another job.
  • Ball said the young man’s death in her shop pushed her to retrain her staff.
    — Rachel Alexander, The Seattle Times, 25 Mar. 2018
  • And the whole system needs to be retrained.
    — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Other shrubs will need to be trimmed to the ground and retrained.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The best way to retrain your co-worker is to take all the fun out of it.
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
  • What is your plan for retraining workers whose jobs are at risk?
    — NBC News, 31 July 2019
  • People are going to be thrown out of work and will need to be retrained.
    — The Economist, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Any ideas for how to retrain my brain after a lifetime of this habit?
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 28 Oct. 2025
  • What if the best way to treat your chronic back pain is by retraining your brain?
    — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Many grape growers cut down their vines and retrained them from their root systems.
    — Eric Degerman, idahostatesman, 14 Apr. 2017
  • Staff have been retrained in certain areas.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
  • But they can be retrained by exposure to the tone without the shock.
    — Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 27 Oct. 2019
  • To retrain your brain, dedicate a block of time to work on a single task.
    — Lisa Bodell, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • But there’s been less focus on the need to retrain the C-Suite.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 5 June 2019
  • This can help retrain your brain to look forward to these things versus sugar.
    — Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2026
  • This can help retrain your brain to look forward to these things versus sugar.
    — Jamie Johnson, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Sorenson’s Ranch School must retrain its staff and abide by state rules or close.
    — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
  • And workers who take the risk of starting a new career, retraining at my age.
    — Time Staff, Time, 8 May 2017
  • Some who were out during the pandemic also need to be retrained.
    — Amanda Maile, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The design teams can then modify the graph and retrain the system.
    — David A. Teich, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Ban advocates argue that the millions who lose their jobs could be retrained.
    — Mark P. Mills For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Beshear also stated that the agency needs to be reformed and its agents retrained.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 12 Feb. 2026
  • These critics come from a school of thought that good poetry is polished, retrained.
    — Sandra Guzman, NBC News, 11 May 2017
  • Or, retrain your pet to go elsewhere, in an area that’s not as visible or that's mulched with rock or wood chips.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 11 July 2023
  • Like many East German women, his wife retrained and left for a job in the west.
    — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Perform this movement often throughout the week to help retrain your brain.
    — Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Over the course of a year, Miller and her three colleagues retrained the entire workforce.
    — Andy Marso, kansascity, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Barentine lurched to retrain the workers to manage the cars alone.
    — Lauren Smiley, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022

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