How to Use recuperate in a Sentence

recuperate

verb
  • She took a day off to recuperate.
  • 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
  • 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
  • The station has started a GoFundMe to help recuperate the cost of the tower.
    USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • But she was still burned out and craved time off to recuperate before starting her new venture.
    New York Times, 15 Apr. 2022
  • He was released and sent home to recuperate three days later.
    Nate Trela, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • Surgeons amputated part of a toe and sent him home for a month to recuperate.
    Anna Kuchment, Dallas News, 6 Aug. 2021
  • The next year, after the patrol boat was sunk beneath him and its captain was killed, Mr. Page left Vietnam to recuperate.
    Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022
  • One recuperating bird escaped the hands of a caretaker and alighted on top of a shelf.
    Jess McHugh, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • More than 130 people have received the two-hour infusions and then been sent home to recuperate.
    Jonel Aleccia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2021
  • My dad has been out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 12 May 2023
  • The team is off Monday, giving Muncy an extra day to recuperate. ...
    George Henry, ajc, 6 June 2021
  • Catherine, the Princess of Wales and the wife of Prince William, will take a hiatus from public duties to recuperate from abdominal surgery.
    Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • His concerts are carefully spaced, with far fewer dates stacked up, giving the singer time to rest and recuperate.
    Jody Rosen, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Those that have reopened have struggled to recuperate their staff.
    USA Today, 3 June 2021
  • Catch those Zzz's Sleep is your body's time to repair, recuperate, and recover.
    Stefani Sassos, Ms, Rdn, Cso, Good Housekeeping, 14 Jan. 2021
  • After a car wreck out West in 1930, Hemingway was back in Piggott for the holidays to rest and recuperate.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 4 Apr. 2021
  • With that lack of clarity, people have linked his absence with that of his wife, Kate, who is still at home recuperating from surgery.
    Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN, 1 Mar. 2024
  • After x-rays, she was told her injuries were muscular and was sent home to recuperate.
    James Freeman, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The early-week games also give teams less time to recuperate and plan for Week 16, when many teams are battling to qualify for the postseason.
    New York Times, 20 Dec. 2021
  • First, Jack hurt his head after two falls and had to recuperate during days-long hospital stays.
    Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2023
  • She is now said to be recuperating at home in Windsor and will not return to royal duties until April.
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024
  • The 74-year-old guitarist canceled six upcoming shows in order to rest and recuperate.
    Deborah Vankinstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2022
  • Many of those who become infected with RSV can recuperate at home.
    Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2022

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