How to Use anew in a Sentence

anew

adverb
  • The process begins anew each spring.
  • These problems must be dealt with anew.
  • The poem has been translated anew for this new book.
  • He demonstrated anew that he's not a good leader.
  • And the plants come back each spring to start the show anew.
    — Bart Ziegler, wsj.com, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The city has rebuffed calls to scrap the deal and start anew.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The shoe is born anew in ivory, as though washed clean.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2024
  • Get rid of what no longer works for you and start anew.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Palm trees sheared by the storm grew anew and adorned the coastline.
    — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Please God, help me, give me strength and courage to start anew.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2022
  • We are given a new chance, a chance to see the world anew.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • So go see the shape of your L.A. — and then start shaping it anew.
    — Matthew Ballingereditor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • With the ruling, the search for a place will begin anew.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Each new thought of Heather would start the sobbing anew.
    — Susan Bro, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2020
  • Daryl Morey was left seeking to pick up the pieces and start anew.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 28 July 2021
  • And a way of looking at the world (and the mother, perhaps) anew.
    — Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 11 Nov. 2021
  • But then the drums pick back up, and the spiral begins anew.
    — Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2022
  • In every episode the bean dies, ready to be reborn anew for the next one.
    — Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 22 Sep. 2022
  • This is the second time the Abruzovs have had to leave their home and start anew.
    — Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Deer grow antlers anew each spring, often at the rate of an inch per day.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 16 Mar. 2023
  • All the travails of 12 months end, and life begins anew.
    — New York Times, 30 Dec. 2020
  • The self-loathing and lashing out, the truth and the lies — are these worth exploring anew?
    — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 29 Sep. 2020
  • Then, step back and allow some space to find their way anew.
    — John Duffy, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Now, the process starts anew, and the governor’s chief of staff once again looks like a good bet.
    — Steve Bousquet, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
  • And now, in the middle of our journey, words must play their role anew.
    — Jon Meacham, Town & Country, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The clock then starts over, and the patient must go through the Day One procedures anew.
    — Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2022
  • There is no time like when Boston blooms anew as the Hub of Hockey.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The team began anew preparations to raise the fragile piece of wood from the bottom of the lake.
    — Sophie Carson, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2022
  • To visit these places is to be shocked anew by the savagery that was the defining trait of the Jim Crow South — and the astonishing courage of the people who took part in the struggle for freedom and justice.
    — Steve Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 4 June 2025
  • But half a decade into the new department’s operation, Manfred and then commissioner Bud Selig wanted to start anew.
    — Evan Drellich, New York Times, 7 June 2025

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