How to Use redouble in a Sentence

redouble

verb
  • Their efforts to finish the work redoubled as the deadline drew near.
  • They redoubled their efforts to finish the work on time.
  • The effect is redoubled, of course, by the rhyming tilt of their heads and the steady gaze both subjects return.
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The whole rest of the world has redoubled their commitment.
    John Carucci, The Seattle Times, 25 July 2017
  • But since then, the Seahawks have redoubled their commitment to the run, and stuck to it.
    Larry Stone, The Seattle Times, 8 Oct. 2018
  • That means that Riyadh will have to redouble its efforts to cut down on its deficit.
    Nick Cunningham, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The time is now — at the G20 — to redouble efforts to reach a strong, enforceable deal.
    Myron Brilliant For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 28 June 2019
  • The only plain surfaces are those of the mirrors, which serve to reflect and redouble the rest.
    Bruce Dale, National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019
  • But the United States must redouble its fight against the virus, experts said.
    New York Times, 16 Dec. 2021
  • If the plant begins to flower, redouble your efforts to keep the plant trimmed back.
    Colin McCrate, The Seattle Times, 18 May 2019
  • And the months of psychic strain on doctors and nurses will redouble.
    John Tozzi, Bloomberg.com, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Trump is way right-wing and will redouble his corruption and lies.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The Anti-Defamation League said in a news release that efforts need to be redoubled to address the rise of hate crimes.
    Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 13 Nov. 2018
  • The chaos of flooding and fire is now redoubled by the chaos of the media and political landscapes.
    Christopher Hawthorne, latimes.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • As a result, Cuomo said the state will redouble testing efforts in the city.
    Steve Bittenbender, Washington Examiner, 8 June 2020
  • Maybe not a start-from-scratch job, like the job Tucker took at Colorado, but the foundation needs redoubling.
    Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2020
  • Ishiguro returned to the lab and redoubled his focus on the android’s most minute movements: the precise tilt of the chin, the rotation of the head, the restraint of the smile.
    Alex Mar, WIRED, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Mr Trump and his successors need to redouble the effort.
    The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
  • In the following years, Dutch colonists would redouble their efforts to plant and mine throughout the island.
    New York Times, 11 Aug. 2021
  • The reprieves clearly inspired the French, redoubling their belief that all was not lost.
    New York Times, 28 June 2019
  • Armed with that new mindset, White redoubled his effort on the halfpipe.
    Eddie Pells, Houston Chronicle, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Late last year, Bell redoubled his efforts to draw attention to his son's case.
    Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2018
  • Many scientists and scholars redoubled their efforts to find evidence of the truth of the Bible.
    Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Brown redoubled his efforts, both in the language department and with the local youth.
    Peter Rowe, sandiegouniontribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • The company is redoubling its efforts to address the issues raised in the letter.
    USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Duque, meanwhile, has pledged to redouble efforts to combat a record surge of coca - the building bloc of cocaine.
    Anthony Faiola, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2018
  • Biden, 76, is redoubling his efforts lately on the fundraising trail.
    Christopher Keating, courant.com, 22 Oct. 2019
  • But those losses have prompted the Kremlin to redouble its efforts to fortify the Black Sea Fleet.
    Radina Gigova, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Amid the ongoing strikes, both rabbis have redoubled their efforts to welcome those out of work.
    Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Now is the time to redouble our efforts to reduce water use and increase efficiency in our cities and in our agricultural fields.
    Sofia Prado-Irwin, The Mercury News, 26 July 2024

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