How to Use revival in a Sentence

revival

noun
  • The city is showing signs of revival.
  • There are three musical revivals on Broadway this season.
  • The opera company is staging a revival of Verdi's Don Carlos.
  • Fashions from the 1970s are enjoying a revival.
  • Lloyd is no stranger to revivals.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 Apr. 2026
  • That revival did not last long.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Our guy didn’t die at the end of this revival.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Springer spoke on the team amid his revival.
    — Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The next day the revival tent was gone, along with the dark-haired girl.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Is there any hope for a rail-travel revival?
    — Rafaela Jinich, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The band’s revival has been a long time in the making.
    — Deputy Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • The revival’s ace in the hole is way simpler than that.
    — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The revival came at the perfect time.
    — Doug Haller, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The revival shows no signs of stopping.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 8 June 2026
  • For the revival, the tables are turned.
    — ABC News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The revival consists of four episodes.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • That era, the glam metal era, has gone through quite a few revivals through the years.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But the clues to a revival are unlikely to be found in the past.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2026
  • God has created a revival right here in this house, right now.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 22 Sep. 2025
  • That, for my money, is what a Tony for a revival should mean.
    — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 7 June 2026
  • That, for my money, is what a Tony for a revival should mean.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2026
  • The actor once again plays Hal in the four-episode revival.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • No stars have yet been revealed for the revival series.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • More socials than before were part of the revival.
    — Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Sutcliffe appeared in one episode of the revival.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
  • The effect is half revival, half silent disco.
    — Tara Palmeri, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Reyes and McGinley will be guest stars on the revival.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2025
  • His delusion is central to why this revival is so potent.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
  • In the four decades since Grade’s death, Yiddish has had a revival.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Gary should build on its urban strengths as a critical part of the city’s revival.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026

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