How to Use recur in a Sentence

recur

verb
  • There is only a slight chance that the disease will recur.
  • The same problem keeps recurring.
  • And the recurring themes from Year 1 of the Coach Prime Era have been felt both ways, too.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 25 May 2024
  • The chords recur in the epilogue, as the aged Vere looks back on the central drama of his life.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2020
  • But then the same heel issue that now recurred stopped him in his tracks at the start of the season.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Keep an eye on it for a while to be sure the stickiness does not recur.
    oregonlive, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Price This is going to be a recurring theme in this piece.
    Amanda Oliver, Field & Stream, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Annable is set to recur on the series as Geri, the bartender at a local bar called the Side Step.
    Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Taking flight is a recurring theme in the artist’s work.
    Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Apr. 2024
  • The colors that recur are purple, dark gray, and steel.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 27 May 2022
  • Day is set to recur on Riverdale after making her debut in the May 22 episode.
    Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 10 May 2022
  • Wesley is billed as a recurring guest star in the new season.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The mother, far too worried to go to her own bed, lay down next to her daughter to wait for the strange shaking to recur.
    Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The episode foreshadowed events that would recur on a much, much larger scale.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2021
  • In a recurring theme for this case, that wasn’t all police found in Pike’s cellphone.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • If so, many of the trends from the early pandemic will likely recur at rapid speed.
    Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2021
  • James Marsden will recur as a guest star throughout the new third season.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Yet, a recurring theme has played out in losses to smarter, deeper teams.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The image of a man in a bowler hat with his face obscured is a recurring motif throughout Magritte’s work.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The funds in the list aren’t recurring streams of money, and so should be used to invest in a capital project, Johnson replied.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • These symptoms can last for weeks and, in chronic cases, recur for years.
    New York Times, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The couple is still together on the soap, but the actors only recur.
    Lynette Rice, EW.com, 11 June 2021
  • The link has been a recurring intrusion into my thoughts for years.
    Matt Curtis, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • This is the second in a recurring series of the submissions.
    Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 23 May 2020
  • When the spores are treated with spray, the growth can be killed at the time, but if the environment still supports mold growth, the problem will recur.
    Elizabeth Mayhew, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2020
  • And onto the runways: Tech’s power to shape our perceptions, and our lives, was a recurring theme at the fall 2023 shows.
    Maya Singer, Vogue, 12 July 2023
  • This is a recurring problem for even the biggest cloud service providers.
    Max (chong) Li, Forbes, 7 May 2023
  • Futawatari makes a few cameos throughout the book, and other characters recur as well.
    David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2020
  • Gellar would appear in the series in a recurring role, but would not lead the series, according to a report in Variety.
    Mathew Rodriguez, Them, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Surgery: Surgery is an option, but few people turn to it because symptoms tend to recur afterward, says Damrose.
    Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 31 Jan. 2025

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