How to Use recuperate in a Sentence

recuperate

verb
  • She took a day off to recuperate.
  • Weekends are never a time to rest and recuperate, but rather spent at an all-day tournament.
    Lori Nickel, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 May 2018
  • The public isn't yet able to see the bear cub, which needs time to recuperate and adjust to captive life, Lampi said.
    Laurel Andrews, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2018
  • She's not allowed to recover, recuperate from a surgery?
    Fox News, 7 June 2018
  • And the same ingredients that help your skin recuperate after a sunburn work here to bring down redness.
    Cristina Mueller, Glamour, 8 June 2018
  • Worried about her mental health, her parents send her off to England to relax and recuperate with family friends.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Lecomte is aiming to swim eight hours each day, covering 40 miles of choppy waters, and then spending his nights recuperating on the sailboat.
    Author: Rick Maese, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2018
  • Some of the money can be recuperated and go to refund customers, Mason added, and the fines help pay for the price gouging investigations.
    Gray Rohrer, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 May 2018
  • Dogs will recuperate in individual bays before being released back to their territory in the city.
    Sabra Ayres, latimes.com, 6 June 2018
  • Weinstein -- who is recuperating after emergency heart surgery -- was not present, and prosecutors asked the judge to set a date for his arraignment.
    Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Erick Jose, recuperating at the same respite center, said Border Patrol agents told him his daughter would be taken from him.
    Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 16 June 2018
  • After surgery and several months in the hospital recuperating, Anne spent hours each day committed to her mental practice.
    Lisa Deaderick, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 May 2018
  • As for how to help your skin recuperate from the negative effects of overexposure, taking a swift, three-pronged approach can help minimize redness, swelling, and long-term damage.
    Kari Molvar, Vogue, 28 May 2018
  • Mason, though, said statistics on the amount of money recuperated in fines and fees after the hurricanes weren’t immediately available.
    Gray Rohrer, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 May 2018
  • Springsteen will have longer than just the rest of this month to recuperate.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Flick’s team will have had a chance to recuperate while all the contenders for its crown must play on.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2020
  • So three out of the last five days have been off to recover, recuperate and heal.
    Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Nine Wings were given the day off to recuperate from the battle royale.
    Detroit Free Press, 26 June 2022
  • The Great Depression and the threat of war meant Harkness would not be able to recuperate her costs.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022
  • That would enable him to recuperate through the bye week and return for the Texans at home on Nov. 15.
    cleveland, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The station has started a GoFundMe to help recuperate the cost of the tower.
    USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
  • That gives him until Nov. 15 when the Texans come to town to recuperate.
    cleveland, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Sam Levy would recuperate from the gassing and his wounds – shrapnel in his back, arm and hand – in a French hospital.
    Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 27 June 2018
  • Some of you may simply need the time away from others to recuperate from life’s stresses.
    BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2020
  • When Allen arrived home to recuperate last week, one of his sister’s had moved into his old room and old bed.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 20 Aug. 2020
  • If Jones had not been killed but hurt, and had to take four months off to recuperate, she would have been entitled to receive lost pay for those months.
    Cass R. Sunstein, The New York Review of Books, 25 May 2021
  • As health care employees need time off to isolate and recuperate, the need to treat those with Covid-19 remains.
    Travis Caldwell, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
  • With Ohio State leading 35-10 at halftime, and with an idle week coming up to recuperate, Brown is likely done for the day.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The Falcons are smart about his usage in practice and give him ample time to recuperate.
    Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2020
  • Smith’s Beavers used their bye week to recruit, recuperate, and then emerged and beat the pants off the team that was in the driver’s seat in the South Division on Saturday night.
    oregonlive, 24 Oct. 2021

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