Example sentences for: reinvention

How can you use “reinvention” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • After his death in a skiing accident, the pop-singer-turned-congressman is elevated from a "hen-pecked, dim bulb" (Jill Lawrence, USA Today ) to "a symbol of the American capacity for reinvention" ( Newsweek ). Many critics conclude that Bono was not as buffoonish as his public image, which they claim he self-consciously cultivated to advance his career.

  • The desire for reinvention seems to arise most often when companies hear the siren call of synergy and start to expand beyond their core businesses.

  • Unanimous acclaim for the Australian Booker Prize-winner's update of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations . "An audacious and wholly successful act of writerly reinvention" (Marc Carnegie, the Wall Street Journal ). Reviewers praise the way Carey re-examines the oppressive aspects of Victorian England and Victorian literature, even as he spins a crack adventure story.

  • The cover story, adapted from Michael Lewis' forthcoming The New New Thing , depicts Jim Clark as the personification of Silicon Valley's spirit of relentless reinvention.

  • His constant reinvention and his constant touring saved him from rock geezerhood.


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