How to Use reinterpret in a Sentence

reinterpret

verb
  • The director wants to reinterpret the old play for a modern audience.
  • New information may force us to reinterpret the evidence.
  • So, to reinterpret the songs with the more seasoned voice that was a great thrill.
    Jordan Runtagh, PEOPLE.com, 31 July 2020
  • In any case, the FCC may not even be authorized to reinterpret the rule.
    Casey Newton, The Verge, 14 Aug. 2019
  • For some, this means exploring ways to pull apart and reinterpret the form.
    Genevieve Marks, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Well, reinterprets songs that sound like girl-group songs.
    Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 6 June 2023
  • This is the 13th year Claridge’s has invited a guest artist to reinterpret the tree.
    Melinda Sheckells, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The act of tree flocking, which first caught on in the 1950s, is even being reinterpreted.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 7 Aug. 2023
  • That is why the president berates judges who don't reinterpret the laws in such a way as to keep him and his cronies out of prison.
    Windsor Mann, TheWeek, 27 Feb. 2020
  • All in all, there’s a lot here to reinterpret when Halbrand is revealed.
    Christopher Ceccolini, SPIN, 13 Oct. 2022
  • That was part of a project involving a number of writers, where we were meant to reinterpret The Decameron.
    Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Week 1375, reinterpret a headline by adding a bank head Headline:.
    Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Coming in at 43mm each, the latest Offshore models reinterpret the 44 mm Ref.
    Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Jenkins reinterprets many of Cole’s greatest hits, but in new ways, reflecting what has changed in the jazz world, and in the world in general.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 11 Sep. 2019
  • And it's been a favorite of Fleetwood Mac fans — as a result, Fleetwood was hesitant to reinterpret the hit.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • So Lottie might have tried to reinterpret the symbol and give it a different meaning.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 May 2023
  • This allows the Supreme Court to reinterpret the meaning of the language and expand the rights protected by the Constitution.
    Morgan Marietta, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Some artists chose to reinterpret classic Renaissance and modern painters in the context of Covid-19.
    Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The rules can be changed, or perhaps reinterpreted, to put off a trial until some future date.
    Bob Egelko, SFChronicle.com, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Willie Nelson will reinterpret some of his classic songs with a group of world-class pickers on his new album Bluegrass.
    Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2023
  • With a focus on tailoring, Do takes cues from menswear and reinterprets them with a feminine line.
    Vogue, 24 June 2019
  • And 2010s style is officially back; the era’s staples, like peplum and off-the-shoulder tops, have been reinterpreted for right now.
    Jake Smith, Glamour, 17 Aug. 2023
  • More pared down and more focused than last season, spring saw designer Yolanda Zobel reinterpret the miniskirt, a style the house laid claim to inventing in the 60s.
    Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2019
  • My idea for the FW 24/25 women’s collection was to pick up Missoni’s old striped style and reinterpret it in a contemporary way.
    Billboard Italy, Billboard, 6 Mar. 2024
  • For centuries, the meaning of free speech had been refined and reinterpreted in universities, in legislatures, in the courts, in the press.
    Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Anadol’s work pulls from data and images from California urban life and nature to reinterpret the world around us.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • As the mandate passes down through layer after layer, each layer reinterprets the mandate in its own way.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The movie is being reinterpreted for the stage by original director Karyn Kusama.
    Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • In his play, an actress reinterprets a line about a fork left outside by repeatedly stabbing herself with a fork.
    Jeremy Fassler, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • This reliance on precedence also means that lawmakers have more room for reinterpreting the law.
    Tara Law, Time, 25 Sep. 2019

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