How To Use Reinvent In A Sentence

Thailand has constantly reinvented itself to stay ahead in the tourism game. Times, Sunday Times
He reinvented the genre of sports writing. Times, Sunday Times
A corporation, or an industry, is sustainable only when it continually reinvents and recapitalizes itself to meet changing business requirements.
What it's like: self-satisfaction made into music - a trip-hop-tinged reinvention that could soundtrack an advert for a horrible men's fragrance. Times, Sunday Times
The emir's reinvented country is far from perfect. Times, Sunday Times

But then perhaps modern marriage is old-fashioned already and needs reinventing. Times, Sunday Times
Constant self-examination allows them to shed old baggage and reinvent themselves.
The first smash hit of the 2007-2008 Broadway season turned out to be one of the biggest surprises in Broadway history â€ â€œXanadu.â€ People are calling a hilariously reinvented send-up of the 1980â€™s Olivia Newton-John film, this irreverent musical adventure, about following your dreams when others say you shouldnâ€™t, spins along to the addictive original hit film score by pop-rock legends Jeff Lynne and John Farrar. Whoopi Roller Skates ‘Xanadu’
It is begging for reinvention for a new era. The Sun
But even the cutesy spelling of the store's name couldn't keep it afloat; the space has now reinvented itself as Spirit Halloween superstore. Harmon Leon: Do All Closed Businesses in SF Resurrect as Halloween Superstores?
That being said, the oral tradition within which troubadour song was devised and transmitted probably encouraged constant reinvention, and it is hard to believe that either melodies or accompaniments were immutably fixed.
The manuscripts, ivories and metalworking of the new Empire also reinvented classical art, in particular the accurate depiction of the human figure and an interest in the vine scroll and plant ornament beloved of the Romans.
In fact, it was a complete reinvention of my life and that was what really excited me. Times, Sunday Times
We veer between a rivetingly fresh reinvention of a myth and some clunkier contemporary confrontation and despair. Times, Sunday Times
But despite losing that post he's reinvented himself as a sort of roving ambassador at your expense - specialising in nice warm countries with good golf courses. The Sun
With his inventive sense of flattened, decorative form and composition, he has truly reinvented the still life, but he is also a master of whimsical erotica.
As for the gameplay, senior producer Jeronimo Barrera took the "brawler" genre -- 2-D fighting games like Double Dragon that had become passe -- and spectacularly reinvented it by incorporating advances from its more recent titles, most notably the ability to give orders to one's fellow gang members. Why Rockstar Is the Leader of the Pack
Local imitation of Chinese wares and, later, imitations of those imitations depended on the discovery of native deposits of kaolin or of similar nonfusible earth. 32 reference Projects to invent, or reinvent a product as good as porcelain included geological ventures and mineralogical comparisons as well as chemical tests of porcelain bodies and coloring experiments. 33 The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe
Now he has reinvented himself as Cuba's leading personal trainer. Times, Sunday Times
She was so horrified by the "falsies" and at the poor treatment she received from sales associates in department stores that she reinvented herself and started a new company: Sun Bloggers
Cities and counties hoping to reinvent themselves or boost their brand may reach straight for a new slogan. Times, Sunday Times
The G10 is the third incarnation of Canon's flagship 'prosumer' compact since the G series was reinvented with the G7 in 2006. News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)
Doing your homework is sure to inspire you, but don't feel you have to reinvent the wheel. Times, Sunday Times
Just when it seems he is falling into a repetitious, stylistic pit, he reinvents the presentation.
The ubiquitous face as well as the proscenium are the lingering elements that integrate with still life, largely reinventing this concept with different perception.
Like the wheel, it is constantly being reinvented, perfected and polished. Times, Sunday Times
The voices of the nay-sayers are in the ascendancy, questioning the US's ability to reinvent itself, to heal its wounded economy and sustain its leadership in the face of a burgeoning China.
That's because, like most things in fitness, ballet has reinvented itself so that you can learn to 'plie'. Undefined
There are countless ways in which a woman can reinvent herself these days, from a new hairdo to full-on plastic surgery. Times, Sunday Times
The fourth chapter analyzes the artistic techniques and representational style of Reinvented Fiction.
India's poverty absorbs everything and uniquely reinvents it.
Time will tell if this talented director wishes to reinvigorate and reinvent the horror genre further than this.
Similarly, bricolage requires a disciplined tossing out of rules and reinvention of old forms into new variations.
The polyester fleece will be reinvented so it is no longer viewed as the triumph of comfort over style. Times, Sunday Times
From its humble beginnings as a coconut plantation to a popular playground for the rich in the 1920s to a Mecca for the elderly in the '80s, the "Sun and Fun Capital" outdoes even the queen of reinvention herself, Madonna. Jerry Libbin: Miami Beach Has Found Its Niche
One of the features of the day was the Carracastle pipe band who marched down the road to the alley thus reinventing scenes of when pipe bands were a regular feature of tournament Sundays in Cully.
After her singing career flagged during the 1990s she reinvented herself as a pop diva, scoring 37 hit singles in the UK.
A living left-wing principle would need to constantly reinvent itself through creative dissidence.
Rather the reverse: art remains his vocation, but he reinvents it, horribly.
He was determined to reinvent himself as a poet and writer.
There is plenty of unfounded snobbery as well (Where the dead sergeant's wife becomes the general's widow) and wannabee poets, artists and the suchlike finding happiness in their reinventions. Page 2
I think that the avant-garde suggests that no poet can “rest on their laurels” for very long without reinventing the future of poetry itself — and hence, the avant-garde has often seen the need to revisit the neglected, unexalted techniques of writing for overlooked potentials …. 2007 September : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation - Part 2
Each generation reinvents history in its own image, especially when reimagining the lives of luminaries.
They believe that they can recreate the depth of emotion found in some 1940s melodramas by reproducing or reinventing a certain set of narrative devices and by clever casting and design work.
As the church was trying to [reinvent] him," he said, mentioning the efforts of Pope John Paul II in the early 1990s to clear Galileo's reputation as a heretic, "[scholars] were trying to reconvict him. The Rebel Yell
The polyester fleece will be reinvented so it is no longer viewed as the triumph of comfort over style. Times, Sunday Times
The trick of parenting, and the thing about parental love, is that your love is constantly tested and constantly needs to reinvent itself. Times, Sunday Times
Figo, nominally a right-sided midfielder, reinvents himself as a striker, ballwinner or even full-back…
The reinvention extends to her general demeanour, too. The Sun
But despite losing that post he's reinvented himself as a sort of roving ambassador at your expense - specialising in nice warm countries with good golf courses. The Sun
Now I can pursue them with impunity; I can reinvent myself as a roguish sophisticate, a literary hunk. LOVE YOU MADLY
Harvey Nash, older, filled with regrets (sort of), more charming and arousable than ever, just in from the Coast, where he's reinvented himself as Nash Harvey, jingle composer and chronic bachelor, has returned to the scene of his first romantic crime. (read a sample chapter) Archive 2007-07-01
It's a bold and wholly successful reinvention. Times, Sunday Times
What had seemed to be isolated incidents of brigandage began to look like more than that Lone wagons, no matter the number of Knights, were raided with increasing frequence and efficiency, and survivors reported that they were struck by growing bands of elves who fought by no rules any Knight or soldier knew, who seemed to reinvent their tactics daily. The Lioness
Couture's new relevance has emboldened its designers, who are challenging convention and reinventing the haute genre for the modern world. Times, Sunday Times
A reinvention, rather than a revisitation. Times, Sunday Times
Deshpande said he seeks to reinvent himself and restoke his entrepreneurial passion every five years or so. Undefined
After gaining fame as a folky singer-songwriter, Simon reinvented himself by embracing the rhythms of South African mbaqanga. The Seattle Times
The potential momentum of diminishing privilege is so horrifying, they must handle it by reinventing the language of their enemy as their own.
Every day I will reinvent the dress with layers, accessories and all kinds of accouterments, the majority of which will be vintage, hand-made, or hand-me-down goodies ... The Uniform Project
Allons explorer le vivant, allons dans de nouveaux territoires où l'on trouve des créatifs émergents qui réinventent une façon de vivre. Archive 2009-04-10
But the limitations do not stop people from trying to reinvent it constantly. Times, Sunday Times
And for the brief period where Ronan told the rest of them to get stuffed, Shane went out, got tatted up, and reinvented himself as some kind of soothsayer on Celebrity Love Island. Is This The Greatest GIRLBAND Ever?
But visitors to Newport will soon notice that it has already been reinventing itself for some years. Times, Sunday Times
The academy is reinventing the practice of liberal education - but seems bent on ensuring that no one knows.
But the New Economy is about constantly reinventing yourself and being creative and moving to where you can charge your customer a premium.
So part of the reason for moving to California was to reinvent ourselves, to completely refresh and evolve. Times, Sunday Times
People want to reinvent football and come up with different terminology but these players have always been out there. Times, Sunday Times
Thriving in a time when only the agile survive requires continual reinvention.
Although the Vice President for the Commonwealth is the Principal Vice President, the Vice President for Education, Intelligence, and Research is arguably the most important Vice President, the key figure in rethinking and reinventing and reinvigorating the American body politic. Robert David Steele: Michael Bloomberg, Vice President for Education, Intelligence, & Research -- Creating a Smart Nation
The fourth chapter analyzes the artistic techniques and representational style of Reinvented Fiction.
Like the wheel, it is constantly being reinvented, perfected and polished. Times, Sunday Times
Despite the broken-backed attempts by his contemporaries to reinvent his fiction in the form of parodies, continuations, burlettas, and melodramas, the novels themselves appear to have always won the day.
I checked every computation, retraced every step, and reinvented every wheel.
It is an interesting to consider: what death practices with be in vogue as the world continues to shrink, blend, adapt and reinvent?
This is real folk - not nu-folk, folktronica or some other apologetically named subgenre - and it doesn't seem to need reinventing. Times, Sunday Times
I say wheeze because every generation feels the need to reinvent a graduated state pension, much as it reinvents the grammar school and the nuclear deterrent.
It has been a busy week in which she has reinvented herself as an international peace envoy and set aside the day job. Times, Sunday Times
Fukuyama reinvents this narrative of technology's capacity to usher in a new millennium, by suggesting that the paradise we are destined to find at the end of history is not that of Milton, but of Adam Smith.
More than a mere note for note re-arrangement, this version is a brilliant, vital reinvention of a familiar work.
It doesn't reinvent the wheel: this is basically a horror film crossed with Glee, with our dweebish little hero picked on by the group leader on a Scout camping trip. Michael Giltz: Toronto Film Fest Day 6: Hello, Lapland!
Every print was almost a reinvention of the art.
Yet a failure to reinvent themselves will be a tragedy for the new 'precariat' in insecure jobs. Times, Sunday Times
The technology reinvents the conventional distribution-exhibition model in India.
The trick of parenting, and the thing about parental love, is that your love is constantly tested and constantly needs to reinvent itself. Times, Sunday Times
From a rugby league point of view, if you talk mentors the biggest impact on me was Ricky Stuart, he was awesome and reinvented the way a halfback plays rugby league.
Without any knowledge of history, he was somehow able through his natural ruttishness to reinvent the complex and indulgent habits of an Eastern potentate, one of those Ottoman pashas, right down to holding court halfnaked in his sumptuous bedroom. Beard
He has learnt that the secret is to keep reinventing yourself.
Each age reinvents classical mythology in its own image.
She has continued to balance original songs with reinventions of tunes by a diverse range of songwriters.
He reinvented the genre of sports writing. Times, Sunday Times
These artists also contributed to the reinvention of artistic practice.
So part of the reason for moving to California was to reinvent ourselves, to completely refresh and evolve. Times, Sunday Times
It's a subtle but successful reinvention. Times, Sunday Times
It is not just hamburger joints where staple fast-food fare is being reinvented. Times, Sunday Times
He escapes, reinvents himself as a count and starts to exact cold, calculated revenge.
Chabon invokes and interprets and struggles to reinvent for us, with characteristic warmth and lyric wit, the personal and family history that haunts him even assimply becauseit goes on being written every day. Manhood for Amateurs: Summary and book reviews of Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon.
For KP it must have felt a bit like going somewhere really strait-laced on your gap year and entirely reinventing yourself, perhaps as a flamboyant transsexual New York garage DJ-type figure, only to turn round one day and find half the people from your A-level year standing in the corner looking faintly amused. Colonial promiscuity in danger of diluting test cricket's pleasures | Barney Ronay
Today, the association was launching a publication called Reinventing the Town Hall, which includes the results of the competitions at the four authorities and the startling findings.
Indeed, the culture of the common people, a rapidly increasing proportion of whom were located in towns and cities, was constantly being reforged and reinvented in the crucible of commercialization and urbanization.
They were reinventing the powder which had been invented by Chinese people two hundred years ago.
Picabia's strange, decorative paintings, known as "transparencies," hang in several of the exhibition's galleries, and offer far more literal quotations from a past the artist refused to reinvent. A Dialogue Across Centuries
The impression is of a town reinventing itself at breakneck speed.
Koch sought to reinvent American poetry by letting in ‘fresh air’, eliminating mythic solemnity and styling a conversational vernacular ablaze with wit and linguistic surprise.
The story of Romeo and Juliet was reinvented as a Los Angeles gangster movie.
But after leaving the band her solo career stalled and in 2004 she successfully reinvented herself as an actress. The Sun
There's no point in us reinventing the wheel.
Since there were no real handbooks readily available for training horse and rider in mounted combat, my company had to reinvent or rediscover many of the lost skills.
Pretty sensible really, no point in reinventing the wheel. The Sun
Each new national coach pleads for time, as if his task is to reinvent the wheel rather than reposition a few bits of the squad. Times, Sunday Times
Consumer power has enabled the reinvention of middle age. Times, Sunday Times
When salamanders invaded the Dinaric Karst: convergence, history, and reinvention of the troglobitic olm Archive 2006-03-01
But one of the most remarkable things about Dylan is the way he reinvents himself.
Don't reinvent the wheel, just put on a new hubcap.
Postmodern reinvention, including Rambo as Egypt's Pharaoh, could be seen as irreverent, even sacrilegious.
‘Well,’ she blusters, ‘we've tried to add more depth and twists to our styles and fits to reinvent the market for younger customers.’
Bowie has constantly reinvented himself during his long career.
I have spent the past four years reinventing the wheel. Times, Sunday Times
And worse, how feeble her radical reinvention of ballet now looks. Times, Sunday Times
Why try to reinvent the wheel? Times, Sunday Times
Not unless he entirely reinvented who he is. Times, Sunday Times
As far as the law was concerned, he really had reinvented the wheel. Times, Sunday Times
Civil servants now ‘rightsize,’ ‘outsource’ and ‘reinvent.’
Undeterred, Samson reinvents the carny into a religious revival show with Ben as the star attraction - a healer.
The simple reason I want to join is to "make friends", ease our integration to a new culture, and learn a thing or two the simpler way rather than the hard way (aka: why reinvent the wheel). The Brick Wall and Expats
Now he seems content performing populist party tricks rather than stretching and reinventing the form like the legions of imitators he has spawned. Times, Sunday Times
Masters of the prevailing zeitgeist, U2 have reinvented themselves more times than Bowie and Madonna put together.
He also determinedly reinvented the notion of the auteur by fusing it with public relations and advertising.
Musically, Camden is constantly reinventing itself. Times, Sunday Times
Vintage bowling bags have been reinvented as women's accessories, from compacts to purses.
But there is no need to reinvent the wheel - your business has become successful for a reason. The Sun
If she has any sense, she should avail of her apparent estrangement from the party's kindergarten and reinvent herself as a grown-up politician.
‘The Herald’ has been kind of reinventing itself as a downscale tabloid this year, after a number of years of being a pretty good local news outlet.
She has been splashing the cash as part of her drive to reinvent herself as a chic designer clothes horse. The Sun
Lindell was a pitcher turned outfielder turned knuckleballer who continually reinvented himself.
‘This building reinvents the form of the library in many, many ways,’ Miller says.
During the French Revolution, for example, blasphemy against the state and nation began to replace blasphemy against God as French society reinvented the meaning of impious speech for the cause of liberty.
There is an argument which holds that half a century after its birth, rock 'n' roll is now a geriatric form which, like jazz, has become incapable of innovation or reinvention.
What he perceives as the hypocrisy of the actor Robbie Coltrane, who attended a fancy school in Scotland before reinventing himself as "a lowborn grease-monkey," inspires a rare, and comical, rant. True Tales of a Happy Hypocrite
Music industry economics had to reinvent itself. Times, Sunday Times
Kakutani on A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years by John Richardson: "As John Richardson reminds us in the third installment of his magisterial and definitive biography, Picasso not only worshiped the gods Dionysius, Priapus and Mithra (the god of light and wisdom), but also regarded himself as their confrère — an artist so prodigally talented, so daring and so virtuosic that he could reinvent the universe. An Amazon.com Books Blog featuring news, reviews, interviews and guest author blogs.
I won't reinvent the wheel to demonstrate that so-called "quants" -- holders of advanced degrees in science or engineering that flooded the financial services industry in the 1990s and 2000s -- bear the ultimate responsibility in the current crisis. Fool.com: The Motley Fool
Each time, they reinvented themselves and busily set off on a brand new mission.
It's an object lesson in how an old-line company with real assets, real size, and real profits can reinvent itself for the digital economy, fully absorb the Internet, and turn into an old-economy company that really gets it.
In short, they've reinvented their companies through a series of innovative maneuvers.
But the limitations do not stop people from trying to reinvent it constantly. Times, Sunday Times
He is our leader and is constantly reinventing himself. The Sun
It's during that period of discovery, when cultural identities are being reinvented and reshuffled, that things look more ambiguous.
Thumos, as Philip Kennicott wrote in The Washington Post, is a word reinvented by conservative academics who need to put a fancy name on a political philosophy that boils down to ‘boys will be boys.’ Archive 2007-05-01
He reinvented African music for American listeners
CEO Gil Amelio admits that he had toyed with the idea of reinventing Mac OS on BSD Unix, but "without a large community of free software developers, what was the point?
And while Klein championed Spitzer's CNN career from the start, a New York Magazine article by Gabriel Sherman reveals that many inside CNN are skeptical of being part of Spitzer's personal reinvention. Eliot Spitzer, Kathleen Parker Discuss New CNN Show
He served in the army for two years and had reinvented himself as a second-hand car dealer. Times, Sunday Times
After being a total geek in school, he's expelled and reinvents himself with the help of an inmate.
The reinvented escudo would undoubtedly drop like a stone, but to a level that makes Portugal's under-educated and under-trained work force competitive in world markets. Portugal Gets a Little Friendly Advice
What is being described as a reinvented General Motors has emerged after 40 days in bankruptcy protection. CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2009
Educated opinion in both countries was affected by a new demonological theory which reinvented the witch as a member of a conspiracy against Christendom.
While denim rules the casual trouser roost, corduroy is not being given the chance to reinvent itself; there is not enough of it on the high street and pitiable attempts to 'commercialise' it (for example, branding cord trousers not as 'cords' but as 'jeans') have not paid off. Men's Flair
These childhood reminiscences have a habit of reinventing themselves. Times, Sunday Times
Why reinvent the wheel when a durable, all-terrain version already exists? Times, Sunday Times
Typically Rathore, the collection reinvents the strengths of Rajasthan.
Consumer power has enabled the reinvention of middle age. Times, Sunday Times
Friday The 13th was the nail in the coffin - the movie was so eagre to both reinvent itself and cater to fans at the same time that it completely forgot to remind us why Jason is such a horror badass. Interview: Samuel Bayer, Director of A Nightmare on Elm Street | /Film
Societies have constantly reinvented ancient Rome, likening it to the contemporary world, " says University of Cambridge professor Mary Beard, a script adviser on the forthcoming BBC series.
There is a shift from the physical body of the sovereign to the more abstract body of the state—a reinvented monarchical body.
And all it does is, you know, reinvent his image as a murderer and as a butcher, and it reminds people of what people believe he did.
Out of the city, Bella could reinvent herself and be whomever or whatever she wanted, aka a dominatrix trainer, for starters. Shore Thing
The building has been reinvented as a 22-screen cinema, one that will also include shops and restos.
New York is a city that endlessly reinvents itself and, in the process of doing so, provides almost limitless opportunities for missed dreams to be dreamt again and to be realized.
In short, they've reinvented their companies through a series of innovative maneuvers.
He has now reinvented himself as a radical stand-up with just enough charm and stagecraft to get away with an amazingly low ratio of jokes to running time.
That is why for so many of us, Moore's series is a betrayal because he isn't doing his "reimagination" with respect for the original in the way that Burton did with his Planet Of The Apes reinvention. Home Theater Forum
By having us scroll across the screen to march through the desert or turn night to day, he makes his comic a digital playpen, sugaring the story with animation and reinventing the way comics are written and read.
But all their early 90's radical reinvention meant was wrapping the songs in deliberately obtuse production to make it seem cutting edge.
Sam Walton reinvented logistics, turning a five-and-dime into Wal-Mart Stores Inc, which draws almost 140 million shoppers a week.
The company is moving fast to reinvent the products it sells to ensure these are compliant with best practice. Times, Sunday Times
You don't have to reinvent the wheel. Times, Sunday Times
The inability of the art establishment to reinvent itself is inextricably tied to the commodification of art.
New York has always been a place of constant reinvention.
The former flagbearer for laddism has reinvented himself as a persuasive, mature commentator and he comes across well here in pithy pieces about everything from Jedward to climate change via Silvio Berlusconi. Evening Standard - Home
They had the imagination to dress differently, reinvent the world for themselves.
Bankruptcy -- or strong fear of being leapfrogged -- is the mother of invention and reinvention, whether in politics, academia or business. To Stabilize The Economy, Fix The U.S. Dollar
As she reinvents herself as a writer, she tells of how she nearly sacrificed her family life for a few laughs
The not-for-profit organisation, which hopes to become a charity within a month or two, started in 1990 with a handful of employees and a brief to reinvent the area, which had become a byword for social deprivation.
This new instalment doesn't reinvent the wheel but adds a few nice touches like unique heroes and new upgrades. The Sun
She reinvented herself from cute girl-next-door to sultry diva.
Throughout its lifetime, the band has reinvented itself constantly and shown a willingness to take risks. Times, Sunday Times
Some of the legalese is not as complicated as the way the technology has disrupted the business, and how the whole fundamental nature of the business has to metamorphosize to reinvent itself because it's been in such distress over the last few years. Mike Ragogna: HuffPost Reviews: Nirvana, Michael Jackson's This Is It, Weezer, and Glee, Plus a Rickie Lee Jones Interview, and This Week's New Albums
But all that he has done since 1996 has been the result of personal reinvention. Times, Sunday Times
Serginho, the much-maligned Brazil centre-forward of 1982, is perhaps the most controversial example, while Stephane Guivarc'h did something similar for France in 1998, while Andrea Pirlo's reinvention as a deep-lying regista at Milan owed at least something to the ball-winning Andriy Shevchenko did in front of him. The Question: Should Man Utd worry about how many goals Rooney scores? | Jonathan Wilson
People want to reinvent football and come up with different terminology but these players have always been out there. Times, Sunday Times
Prior to his reinvention of himself, Don Quijote's name was Alonso Quijano, owner of an estate in La Mancha.
They were reinventing the powder which had been invented by Chinese people two hundred years ago.
But even the cutesy spelling of the store's name couldn't keep it afloat; the space has now reinvented itself as Spirit Halloween superstore. Harmon Leon: Do All Closed Businesses in SF Resurrect as Halloween Superstores?
Make as much art as you can in one hour and then work with others to critique, collaborate, revise and reinvent your work to ultimately co-produce a cohesive digital "magazine" available for free download. Free and Easy: Fashion Photography and Persian New Year
As we move into a new economy[Sentence dictionary], trade unions will have to reinvent themselves to stay relevant.
A group of young artists are reinventing their culture - and commanding attention in the art world - with their fresh and contemporary painting.
The idea of a job for life has been replaced by portfolio careers and constant reinvention, according to the report. Times, Sunday Times
Is it a matter of complete personal reinvention, then, or is it a strange process of setting free the person within? Times, Sunday Times
You don't have to reinvent the wheel. Times, Sunday Times

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