How to Use revenant in a Sentence
revenant
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Sometimes the lost would come back for a brief while — revenants returning to haunt the world of the living.
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Bjorn Dihle,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
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In medieval times, meanwhile, legend had it that creatures called revenants – corpses that came out of their graves – stalked northern and western Europe.
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Tom Duszynski,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
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Clerics fueled people’s fears of becoming a revenant by claiming these creatures were created by Satan.
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Tom Duszynski,
The Conversation,
16 Oct. 2025
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Beloved ’s revenant defies the dictates of realism according to which a character is a bounded individual.
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Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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As more dead relatives begin appearing throughout the neighborhood, Gino must find a way to eliminate the holiday revenants and make it through the family gathering alive.
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Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the premiere’s early minutes, a young woman on a mission falls prey to a vampire and his frightening creatures known as revenants, sparking Helen’s decision to bring Guy into the fold.
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Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Oct. 2025
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