How to Use recuperate in a Sentence

recuperate

verb
Definition of recuperatenext
Synonyms for recuperatenext
  • 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
  • So three out of the last five days have been off to recover, recuperate and heal.
    — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 19 Oct. 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
  • That would enable him to recuperate through the bye week and return for the Texans at home on Nov. 15.
    — cleveland, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The station has started a GoFundMe to help recuperate the cost of the tower.
    — USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024
  • That gives him until Nov. 15 when the Texans come to town to recuperate.
    — cleveland, 24 Oct. 2020
  • Some of you may simply need the time away from others to recuperate from life’s stresses.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2020
  • When Allen arrived home to recuperate last week, one of his sister’s had moved into his old room and old bed.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 20 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • The Falcons are smart about his usage in practice and give him ample time to recuperate.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2020
  • 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
  • While the loan is not enough to recuperate his losses, Vaughn remains unfazed.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • Take today to rest, recuperate, and refill your own cup.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 23 Apr. 2024
  • 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
  • The assemblywoman declined to comment as well, citing her need to recuperate from a recent health procedure.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 21 June 2024
  • The 30-year-old man in critical condition suffered extensive burns and smoke inhalation and was recuperating at a burn unit in Staten Island, officials said.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024

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