How To Use Revert In A Sentence

Jackson said her boss became increasingly depressed and reverted to smoking heavily.
When the lease ends, the property reverts to the freeholder.
Employees who opt for the scheme will be expected to revert to their former employment contract once their children reach 14.
She tells me she is just back from the hairdresser and the coiffure will revert to ragged ringlets as soon as it hits rain.
I asked as I reverted my gaze to the burly man at the wheel.

Apparently he didn't appreciate my efforts because suddenly he jumped to his feet and reverted back to his blockhead ways.
After the settlers left, the area reverted to desert.
Therefore, George advocated allowing landowners to keep a small percentage of the land rent, mainly to avoid the prospect of having all unimproved land revert to the commons.
The high pure water system is mainly used for photoelectricity industry and electronic, such as optics resin piece, glasses, precise revertex products ultrasonic cleaning water.
Under the original scheme, title reverted to the Spanish Crown upon the death of the ecomendero (estate owner), but in time heirs were allowed retain rights by inheritance. Mexico's Colonial Era - Part 2
One of our colleagues has reverted to Islam.
Sources said he will be given seven days to listen and watch the video recording of the meeting and revert to the committee.
Take short positions with caution until the market reverts back to bull confirmed.
His hair had stayed the same fair straw colour, while mine had reverted to an auburn chestnut shade.
It also opens a wider question as to whether civilised societies could so quickly revert to primitive behaviour.
After his death the house reverted to its original owner.
The single most important thing is for Latham not to back down or revert to crudity.
As a result, wood-hungry chainsaw wielders have reverted to cutting the thin trees up at the 52nd parallel.
But the reprieve for grammar schools is probably too late for Kingston Grammar to revert to its former direct-grant status as it is now formally established as an independent institution.
The rules require the title to revert to the original champion if a triumphant challenger fails of a doping test.
It was important, however, and when in the 1870s James Shorb, a typical pioneer, found that many of the million bottles of wine he was making every year proved unsaleable, he reverted to selling only brandy.
We messaged them, asking if they had consciously avoided each other at the party, but the two did not revert.
The propagules of these predominantly arctic/alpine grasses consist of indeterminate spikelets, which revert to vegetative growth before dehiscing from the parent plant.
In this way we shall proceed with the good of students at the centre and not revert to posturing - on both sides.
It is autocracy reverting to its normal state of palace crime, blood - stained magnificence, and moral squalor.
It would be sad to see all your good work wasted, and the place revert to its former wilderness.
We are reverting to the civilization of luggage, and historians of the future will note how the middle classes accrete possessions without taking root in the earth, and may find in this the secret of their imaginative poverty.
He reverts to the world-weary pundit voice known to viewers.
As he entered the weather and slowed down for the instrument approach, the hydraulic system began cycling valves and reverting to backup systems due to the decay of windmilling RPM on the number two engine.
When the evidence was too clearly against Buckley, he would again revert to sexual innuendo, attacks on Myra, and finally Bobby Kennedy. R_urell: William F. Buckley: Father of Modern "Conservatism"
`Forgive me," he said, reverting to his old, professorial jollity. DEATH OF AN UNKNOWN MAN
Consequently he assigned to Angelo an income revertible after his death to Madam Solimann. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919
Mr. Harper, who campaigned on a promise not to name unelected Canadians to the Senate, says he was forced to revert to traditional appointments because he has been unable to push his vision of Senate reform through what until Friday was a Liberal-dominated body. Top Stories - Google News
I left them hastily somewhere in the area of the mucous membrane of the small intestine ( "including that of the plicae circulares") and reverting to my rapidly proliferating list, journeyed back more than 1,360 tempting pages to chorion, only to find myself and it deeply involved with the fetus of mammals. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIV No 3
Why, when there is so much creative talent out there and so many new ideas, do television shows keep reverting back to the same ingenuine, manipulative ploys? 25 « January « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy
He reverted to his native language .
This complex can lead to the formation of uncolored and colored dimers and/or revert back to the monomers in their ground state by disproportionation of the semiquinone radical.
Non Muslim traders reverted to Islam after mixing with the scholars of Islam.
For a while the children behaved well but they soon reverted to type .
Nicholas V, in 1450, reverted to the quinquagesimal period, while The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent
But Sawyer got his feelings hurt because of her concern for Jack and reverted to his tough guy, hard shell persona.
El anuncio del presidente de Bolivia, Evo Morales, sobre una eventual demanda contra el Perú ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia de La Haya, para revertir el asilo concedido a los tres ex ministros bolivianos del gobierno de Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, es considerado “una posición de ignorancia” por parte de expertos y autoridades peruanas, quienes señalan que de concretarse dicha querella el mandatario boliviano hará un “papelón internacional”. Global Voices in English » Peru: Deteriorating International Relations with Bolivia
Another time I'd casually written that now I'd had the pleasure of ‘going out’ with a much younger man, I'd be very surprised if I ever reverted to my previous habit of dating oldsters.
A few weeks ago, I opined that the market probably had reverted to the primary secular trend.
The problem is to be a thinking thing; the solution is to revert to a prethinking state, and even - in the most extreme voices in his fiction - to disinvent humanity itself.
Three-fourths were privates and PFCs, which was not surprising because that was where a passel of temporary master sergeants and other senior NCOs landed when they reverted to permanent grades.
After a good year the team reverted to type in their last game.
Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron. Walter Kohn - Autobiography
In due time it was "home-steaded" The chapel and graveyard were ultimately deeded back; and when the Landmarks Club took hold it was agreed that the ruins "revert to their proper ownership, the church. The Old Franciscan Missions Of California
Earlier this year these securities -- sometimes referred to as "revertible notes" -- were touting coupon rates of 10% or more. Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com
To revert to the question of exams, I'd like to explain further.
After a good year the team reverted to type in their last game.
Let us revert to the original subject.
As regard buying cement rl revert meantime rl it is avlbl if yr . end pls. adv.
Eastern Slavonia is to revert to Croatian government rule next year after a transitional period under U.N. administration.
Any contributions above that revert to the age-related percentage of earnings rules.
After his death the house reverted to its original owner.
If your corkscrew won't shift it, try running hot water over the neck of the bottle to expand the glass, then revert to the corkscrew.
After her divorce she reverted to her maiden name.
She is reverting to class and type by perceiving her natural and human surroundings as unquenchably romantic.
Both of them always revert back to their 305 childish positions of attack and defence. SEA MUSIC
It was important, however, and when in the 1870s James Shorb, a typical pioneer, found that many of the million bottles of wine he was making every year proved unsaleable, he reverted to selling only brandy.
The city reverted to its former name of St Petersburg.
On the third day, the weather had reverted to its seasonal norm—chilly, windy, below-zero temperatures—increasing the "riding vibe," with thicker leggings and jodhpurs, flat black-leather riding boots (see Hermès, Cole Haan and Gucci) or sneakers (Prada and Lanvin), heavy woolen pea coats, cashmere scarves (Lora Piana) and Chanel bags. Springtime in New York
If after every decision the will reverted to a state of indecision and oscillation equipoised between good and evil, the basis for confidence in our fellow men would be gone. The Reformed Doctrine of Predestination
She was a student revolutionary for a while but now she's reverted to type. I saw her in a Mercedes the other day.
Our urine mutagenicity testing did not provide evidence of increased numbers of bacterial strain revertants.
Try not to revert to your old eating habits.
All lands so confiscated are by this decree revertible to their original holders upon their taking oath of allegiance to The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza
They do look more like miniature aurochs, but that is because they have not been selectively bred for beef or milk, and cattle that have been left to their own devices will tend to revert to ancestral type.
The landlord's interest in respect of possession of the property is deferred to that of the tenant until the lease terminates, at which time the property reverts to the landlord.
Why does the conversation have to revert to money every five minutes?
Aeneidi summam manum, statuit in Graeciam et in Asiam secedere triennioque continuo nihil amplius quam emendare, ut reliqua vita tantum philosophiae vacaret: sed cum ingressus iter Athenis occurrisset Augusto ab oriente Romam revertenti destinaretque non absistere atque etiam una redire, dum Megara vicinum oppidum ferventissimo sole cognoscit, languorem nactus est eumque non intermissa navigatione auxit, ita ut gravior aliquanto Brundisium appelleret, ubi diebus paucis obiit xi. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors
Nathaniel reverted his attention to her sister when she finally called his name.
Jackson said her boss became increasingly depressed and reverted to smoking heavily.
While full dissolution is unlikely at this point I can see the Baltic States not making their final qualifications needed to adopt the Euro and I could see someone like Greece, Spain or Portugal reverting to their old domestic currencies. Archive 2009-12-27
Still, for 50 minutes England was reduced to the ordinary and they reverted to type, attempting to bulldoze the Italians at every opportunity, a ploy that mostly failed.
With lots of black and white, they revert to this year's trend of reflecting '50s screen sirens and '20s flappers.
The railway stations revert to older materials and greater personal care is evident.
Unemployed people mostly revert to traditional economies such as fishing; gathering of wild fruits and vegetables; woodcarving; pottery; basketry, and iron forging.
As my explanations here are probably above your understand-ings, lattlebrattons, though as augmentatively uncomparisoned as Cadwan, Cadwallon and Cadwalloner, I shall revert to a more expletive method which I frequently use when I have to sermo with muddlecrass pupils. Finnegans Wake
So I've stripped out the colours and reverted to plain black on white.
Racing, far from celebrating a rare triumph for positive thinking, has reverted to wallowing in its engrained, reactionary clubbiness. Times, Sunday Times
At the death of General Sinclair in 1762, the title reverted to Charles Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.
Eastern Slavonia is to revert to Croatian government rule next year after a transitional period under U.N. administration.
He will revert to the bench with his number eight slot assumed by skipper Kay.
Having reverted to man form and put on his pants, Johnny glowered at the invaders. Arcane Circle
I confess I reverted to form and consumed nearly a ream of paper printing out the contents of the Websites I visited.
On receipt we will arrange for the engrossments to be executed by our clients and we will then revert to you so that the matter can be completed.
Next ball, as if vindictively, he reverted to a hideous, shameless cross-batted slog near midwicket for six.
In the 1930s, when deflation and dictatorship circumscribed the strategies of light industry, employers in wool, cotton, and rayon reverted to a familiar form of company paternalism with the help of sisters on the payroll.
Bacteria were surface plated in triplicate or quadruplicate on minimal lactose medium to select for Lac + revertants.
Hence in diabetes the lacteal system acts strongly, at the same time that the urinary lymphatics invert their motions, and transmit the chyle into the bladder; and in diarrhoea from crapula, or too great a quantity of food and fluid taken at a time, the lacteals act strongly, and absorb chyle or fluids from the stomach and upper intestines; while the lymphatics of the lower intestines revert their motions, and transmit this over-repletion into the lower intestines, and thus produce diarrhoea; which accounts for the speedy operation of some cathartic drugs, when much fluid is taken along with them. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life
However, the present does not narrate and the past to tell its story must revert to the past. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY
Moved out of herself by the nearness of death, the titled dame had reverted to childish days, speaking her thoughts aloud. All Aboard A Story for Girls
But at a meeting of the Tone St traders on Monday, July 14 a significant majority voted in favour of reverting to the former traffic system on the street.
However, his mood soon swings again when talk reverts to Rangers and the absolute tranquility of his life at present.
Graphic designers love to hear that they can revert to any previous version of a document by using the undo feature in the web-based management interface.
Improved as a handicap hurdler last season; is to revert to steeplechasing this season and he is very well weighted over the bigger obstacles.
Haley reverts her eyes to the cement edge of the pool, as her friend focuses on the swimmer approaching them.
The numbers of revertants and viable cells were counted after incubation for 2 days at 37°C.
Early in the twentieth century the word reverted to a noun to describe a family holiday home.
Let us revert to the original subject.
Ms Frost, who has been running the college since the departure of Robin Currie last December, will revert to her former post of director of corporate services and deputy chief executive.
TM (a biotherapy indicated in invasive melanoma) and a first-in-class anticancer drug that targets invasive cancers and makes tumor cells revert to a normal phenotype. Undefined
Both Leeds and Liverpool had games in hand, which had they converted would have seen the title revert to a more traditional mantelpiece. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
Death then is a returning or reverting to the former state - dust - of the ground.
Anyway, having thrown out this soiled bath water, let us revert to the words of Paul Celan.
He reverted back into draconic form and launched himself high into the sky, gaining altitude, then descending on the hapless one-horn in the kind of deadly dive dragons and accipiter hawks had in common. The Elvenbane
Genetic study indicated that the mutated green-revertible albino leaf color trait specially expressed at seedling stage was controlled by a single recessive gene.
He had been traveling astoop, partly because the burden of his years weighed heavy on his shoulders, partly as if his muscles had unconsciously reverted to the easy, slouching, climbing-stoop of the Kentucky mountaineer. In Old Kentucky
If the same maximum copy number is used, there will also be a distinct effect on the fitness relative to revertant cells.
The pilots thoughts reverted to the pain stabbing at his temples.
The problem with this simple solution is that when you close the drawing and re-open it, the labels revert back to question marks. All Discussion Groups: Message List - root
But there was a difference between the houses of villages (which, being connected with agriculture, were treated as parts of the land) and houses possessed by trading people or foreigners in walled towns, which could only be redeemed within the year after the sale; if not then redeemed, these did not revert to the former owner at the Jubilee. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Berlusconi then reverted to his normal strategy by pleading for several more years to put into effect the sweeping reforms he had promised on his election.
I have sought the comments of director, CBI on your letter and will revert to you thereafter.
There would be no one to manage the walls, some areas would revert to scrub and bracken and eventually trees.
Other buds on the same tree reverted to the purple parent, with its solitary small flowers, its dense shrublike branches and very small leaves. Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation
Beyond thisuse, and following publication in Assisi, rights revert to theauthor/artist providing Assisi is acknowledged in any subsequentpublicati on of the work. Synchronized Chaos » 2010» April
Domestic dogs that roam free have been known to revert to their primal instincts and to attack and kill lame deer and fawns.
Smokers who quit will not recover lost lung function, but the rate of decline may revert to that of a non-smoker.
After his divorce he reverted to his old habit of drinking.
Once a socialist, she has now reverted to type and votes Tory like her parents.
Both of them always revert back to their 305 childish positions of attack and defence. SEA MUSIC
He submits that assets which become the property of the Trustee do not revert to the Bankrupt upon the Bankrupt's discharge.
But fortunes took a sudden twist when Customs reverted to an aggressive counter-attack launched from the left-flank.
Kung biet, toi dinky dau ," Harry said, reverting to Vietnamese slang. VAPOR TRAIL
Let us revert to having real dustmen who collect from our houses. Times, Sunday Times
Intermediate in composition between these two phosphates there is another known as precipitated phosphate of lime, or dicalcic phosphate (the same as reverted phosphate), which contains two equivalents of lime and one equivalent of water as follows: -- Manures and the principles of manuring
Try not to revert to your old eating habits.
Rather than being frustrated by the vagaries of the weather and the long hold-ups I reverted to past habits and borrowed guitars to play in come-all-ye sessions or added my tales – looking around to find a shark as long as the kayak following me when off the Mayo coast, being caught in a gale and dragged out to sea in Dundalk Bay – to the stories told along counters over slowly sipped pints. Ireland: the 10 best pubs on the coast
In something of the same spirit -- but with a hatred to the German philosopher such as men are represented as feeling towards the gloomy enchanter, Zamiel or whomsoever, by whose hateful seductions they have been placed within a circle of malign influences -- did I at times revert to Kant: though for me his power had been of the very opposite kind; not an enchanter's, but the power of a disenchanter -- and a disenchanter the most profound. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg
However, they point out that several genes, including potential oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes, failed to revert to never-smoker levels even after 30 years of cessation.
Researchers Susan Lolle and Robert Pruitt encountered phenotypic traits not according with inheritance concepts derived from Mendel; leading them to contemplate whether the plants they were working with might revert to their grandparents 'allelic frequency. 2008 February - Telic Thoughts
All things simply revert to their former state, the body of clay unto dust, and the spirit of life unto the One who loaned it for a season.
We again found that most cosQ revertants were true revertants.
Once that was done, they were supposed to revert to docile, compliant citizens, content to cooperate with allies no longer supportive of their aspirations.
Many have reverted to despoiling the nearest remaining forest for firewood.
He would recover and revert back to being his old passionate self. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
The railway stations revert to older materials and greater personal care is evident.
Following the "homeshoring" meme, there are lots of reports this month about American firms souring on offshore outsourcing and reverting to onshore outsourcing instead.
Not lightning quick, because we don't want to revert to those serve-dominated days of ace, unreturnable serve, ace. Times, Sunday Times
For instance, when the vassal died, his arms, horse, military equipment reverted as heriot to his master. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
Christine reverts back to her old habits - snorting cocaine and popping pills - in an effort to assuage her horrible tragedy.
The REVERT statement is executed multiple times moving up the stack until the execution context is set to the original caller.
The studio's 1951 hit Alice in Wonderland was based on Lewis Carroll's novel, published 86 years earlier and long since reverted to the public domain.
After a good year the team reverted to type in their last game.
Euan," said Mary Trevert, "I want to talk to you. The Yellow Streak
For the countrymen of Phormio had now reverted to the primitive conditions of naval warfare, in which the trireme was a mere vehicle for carrying troops, and not, as in the days of that great captain, the chief weapon of offence. Stories from Thucydides
Obama defalcated the trust, hopes, and dreams of millions of Americans by promising their fulfillment, an era of change, and reverting to an FDR / LBJ / Carter / Clinton style politics. Latest Articles
Polignac family, most of them revertible from one member to another, and nearly 2,000,000 of annual benefits to the Noailles family. The Ancient Regime
The _namu_ when stale causes the Marquesans to revert to wickedest savagery, and has incited many murders. White Shadows in the South Seas
Stat cafus renovare omnis, omnemque reverti Per Trqjam, et rurfus caput objedare peridia. P. Virgilii Maronis Opera
But, reverting to the new phases in the ever-shifting emotionalism of a godless world, with which marriage has become a question of barter -- a mere lot-drawing of lambs for the shambles -- he compared the happy queenly life of our Irish mother with that of the victim of fashion, or that of uncatholic lands, where a poor girl passes from one state of slavery to another. My New Curate
There's something faintly disconcerting about watching a former financial guru revert to the language of a woolly-headed students' union rally.
According to one leading industry source, the best prospect for Glanbia now is to sell off its saleable assets as soon as possible and revert to the co-operative status.
Those that wish to revert to the old system of omnipotent sub-sovereigns also miss the point.
Reintroducing as few as four master regulatory genes into adult skin cells, for instance, caused the cells to revert to a primitive embryonic cell type.
The campaign also reverted to the traditional two-party contest with the unexpected withdrawal of undeclared independent candidate Ross Perot.
When school is over , pupils revert to speaking their mother tongue.
A stuffless voice -- the voice of his first wife, the long-dead girl to whom his mind so seldom reverted nowadays -- uttered into his ear the words, "Take care! The Lodger
Cat wasn't looking forward to having Ashcroft in her house, though she doubted that he would revert to caveman tactics. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
Finding out later that the raw averages actually go the other way, and only after running controls do the results revert, is simply not satisfying. — We Had Better Get Our Next Book Out: John DiNardo Is Getting Bored - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com
While they wisely stuck to their game plan of short passing and quick movement, the Hoops reverted to hopeful long balls and aimless passes into space.
This shows that they evolved from normal ancestors and only secondarily reverted to radial symmetry.
When they could get it to work properly, it would only last about 1 hour, then it would revert back to being slower than frozen molasse. SBC: Our Best DSL Quarter Ever
At this time he was one of the leading British abstract artists, but by the end of the decade he had become disillusioned with non-representational art and reverted to naturalism.
Creator, the realizing life to all things fair and true and good: and more especially would we revert to its spiritual purity, emphatically manifested through all its manifold operations, -- so impossible of alliance with any thing sordid, or false, or wicked, -- so unapprehensible, even, except for its own most sinless sake. Lectures on Art
The gelding's new trainer may try to capitalise on Captain Corelli's novice hurdle status before reverting to chases.
‘The figures are largely positive, but I am a bit concerned that the Government is reverting to its previous pattern of under-spending,’ said Mr Boyle.
Attempts at dieting were short-lived and Joe, ‘a good eater’ according to his mother, had reverted to his diet of oversized meals topped up with regular snacks of crisps and sweets.
The BSF Tennis committee has reverted back to the former handicap system and all clubs are advised to check their respective handicaps with the Mixed League secretary.
He reverted to his native language .
It is like demanding that students revert to quill pens and write in copperplate script.
Jackson said her boss became increasingly depressed and reverted to smoking heavily.
The consumable electrodes are generally forged billets, wrought revert material, or selected foundry returns, the extra processing of which tends to increase the cost of the raw material.
He would recover and revert back to being his old passionate self. THE IMAGE OF LAURA
If, for example, other people come back on to the council and there is an attempt to revert to the previous practices, I will have no hesitation but to move.
An annual climber, every day at least one flower untwists to show the colour of a rainwashed blue sky, and by the evening it curls up again, reverting to a darkening purple.
A lot of farmers went out of business, some of the more marginal farming areas reverted to wilderness.
The bodywall muscle in these revertant animals is also indistinguishable from wild-type muscle when viewed under polarized light (data not shown).
They went on to isolate a series of revertants from several secondary mutants.
Stalingrad did not become again Tsaritsyn, nor did Stalin Peak revert to an earlier name but rather was renamed Communism Peak. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 3
Rachel, who in moments of the discomposure George referred to, tended to revert to thinking in the Spanish of her childhood, murmured, Dearly Beloved
Without women men revert to animals, without men women could heal and restore to harmony a world raped and ravaged.
Then if the author votes against the bill, he obviously does not want his earmark, therefore if the bill passes, the earmark is struck and whatever monies are associated with that earmark reverts back to the discretionary budget of whatever government department was in charge of releasing those funds. House Republicans unveil initiative to target gov't spending
(I reverted to Islam some 20 years ago.)
But now, as under the spell of a new encompassment of her own weaving, she seemed to revert to her former self, sinking, relaxed, into a wicker lounge beside the basin, one long and shapely hand in the water, the other idle in her lap. The Inside of the Cup — Complete
The creature's cells can regenerate thanks to built-in time machines that revert cells to early versions of themselves in a process called dedifferentiation. Cells That Go Back in Time
We checked in each of the 72 lineages whether the original mutation had reverted to its ancestral wild-type state by performing consensus population sequencing.
She deserved to grovel, but since that didn't appear to be working, she reverted to being the world-weary, spoiled heiress. THIS HEART OF MINE
If he dies without an heir, his property reverts to the state.
You may be plagued with indecisiveness or revert to emotional "default" positions forged during childhood, such as submissiveness, rebellion or self-undermining behavior. Douglas LaBier: An Inside-Out Life: Protection From the Growing Backlash -- Part 1
The company quickly reverted to the more standard practice of mouthing platitudes instead of the bald-faced truth.
The house was a school for a while, but has reverted to being a private house.
Reverting to conventional photography, the artist insists we look at these people as embodiments of the limitations of science and technology.
We need people on the crofts and on tenant farms to keep our countryside alive rather than allowing it to revert to desert status.
My experience is that smaller in stature types revert to batons and CS far quicker than those that have stature. Devon & Cornwall « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
Already the novelty of their presence was wearing off and the designers, irreverent by nature, were reverting to type. DEATH IN FASHION

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