Example sentences for: reprises

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

  • An article on the roots of violence argues that nearly all violent people have brain damage--often caused by childhood abuse--that makes them incapable of controlling their rage, and reprises liberal ideas about crime's environmental causes.

  • The cover story on the 30 th anniversary of 1968 reprises the standard Standard line that the anti-establishment kids of the '60s have grown up to be hypocrites.

  • He reprises the Renaissance role of artist as courtier, standing like a third senator onstage when President Clinton visits, partying on Paul Allen's yacht with Robin Williams, Candice Bergen and, of course, Bill and Melinda Gates.

  • After reviving his career with a smash-hit remake of The Nutty Professor (1996), Eddie Murphy reprises Rex Harrison's 1967 role as the man who talks with animals--but to less acclaim.

  • Performance artist Karen Finley reprises her 1990 show--she spread chocolate over her naked body--which made her the poster girl for right-wing denunciations of the National Endowment for the Arts.


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