How to Use retrain in a Sentence

retrain

verb
  • He retrained as a mechanic.
  • The organization retrains people who have lost their jobs.
  • He is retraining for another job.
  • The best way to retrain your co-worker is to take all the fun out of it.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Even people in their 40s and 50s might be able to retrain themselves and switch.
    Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2021
  • What if the best way to treat your chronic back pain is by retraining your brain?
    Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Sorenson’s Ranch School must retrain its staff and abide by state rules or close.
    Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
  • The Wyoming project seeks to retain — and retrain — many of the workers from a retiring coal plant.
    Luke Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The design teams can then modify the graph and retrain the system.
    David A. Teich, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • To retrain your brain, dedicate a block of time to work on a single task.
    Lisa Bodell, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Barentine lurched to retrain the workers to manage the cars alone.
    Lauren Smiley, Wired, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The most important thing to remember is that retraining your brain is more of a marathon and not a sprint.
    Seena Mathew, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
  • And retraining the models and other methods to stop the decay didn’t help.
    Katie Palmer, STAT, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Or, retrain your pet to go elsewhere, in an area that’s not as visible or that's mulched with rock or wood chips.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, House Beautiful, 11 July 2023
  • After losing a job in sales a few years ago, Ms Ramos decided to retrain as a lawyer.
    The Economist, 25 Nov. 2020
  • All employees will have to be retrained on the new protocols by June 15, the letter said.
    Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The Lions want to retrain that energy but can’t fixate too much on the recent past.
    Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 30 July 2022
  • Those who fail to comply with the law will be put in sessions to retrain them in proper compliance.
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Some who were out during the pandemic also need to be retrained.
    Amanda Maile, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Nearly 7 in 10 workers globally are willing to retrain and learn new skills on the job.
    Daphne Kis, Forbes, 15 July 2022
  • Perform this movement often throughout the week to help retrain your brain.
    Esther Smith, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Our data scientists, working all over the globe, then retrained the models based on the new data points.
    Josh Goldman, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2023
  • For that reason, Demetria Williams, of Cleveland, is using this moment to retrain as a nurse.
    Caroline Preston, Wired, 1 Feb. 2021
  • Workers here are retraining to specialize in the field.
    Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 4 June 2023
  • Kellman believes time and treatment can help combat brain fog, but doesn’t believe there’s a way to retrain the brain on your own to overcome the symptoms.
    Kristine Gill, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The company is working with the local franchise group to retrain staff members, the statement said.
    Tyler Wilkins, ajc, 30 July 2021
  • These new findings may identify the best neurons to retrain.
    IEEE Spectrum, 24 Feb. 2023
  • But Biden is not just looking to retrain fossil workers to work in clean energy.
    Josh Siegel, Washington Examiner, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Over here in Britain, we were told by our government the creative industry should retrain.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 7 Oct. 2021
  • Every country will have to learn how to retrain workers in mid-career to meet this demand, and the big challenge will be achieving scale.
    Michael Fung, Fortune, 27 May 2021

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