How to Use reset in a Sentence

reset

verb
  • The fire alarm was reset.
  • The machine reset the bowling pins.
  • His broken leg had to be reset.
  • For me, taking a bath is one of the best ways to reset for the night.
    — Hannah Dylan Pasternak, SELF, 19 Mar. 2022
  • Mel Tucker walked out and told the booth to reset the clock.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 2022
  • To reset them: Put both earbuds in their case and close the lid.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Out of the timeout, the Lions reset and found their stride.
    — Jacob Steinberg, baltimoresun.com, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Here are four ways to reset during your next trip to the DR: 1.
    — Brittney Oliver, Essence, 23 Mar. 2022
  • All of which means that by the start of The Mandalorian‘s proper third season, the status quo has been reset.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The Yankees hope that Chisholm also uses the time off to reset at the plate.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 2 May 2025
  • Mike Brown was calling for a travel on the pump and reset.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Could the one with the lower count have been reset at some point, or the machine replaced?
    — Alden Wicker, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Using a kitchen scale makes this easy: set your bowl on the scale and tare it (reset the scale to zero).
    — Nik Pugmire, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Dec. 2021
  • To reset your health or for weight loss, replace up to two meals per day.
    — Hlth Code, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Nov. 2021
  • They can be grown in containers or reset in the ground.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Oct. 2021
  • Squeeze the ball for 10 seconds with your thighs, then reset and repeat.
    — Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The goal is to normalize the idea of asking for help and give students a place to reset.
    — Jocelyn Gecker and Dylan Lovan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022
  • And so, our brain needs to reset, and sometimes that can affect our mood.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Scherzer stayed on the rubber and threw a pitch as soon as the umpire signaled for the pitch clock to reset.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The limit resets with each billing statement when users pay their bill in full and on time.
    — Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 14 June 2025
  • If your form starts to falter, stop, reset, then try again.
    — Shauna Harrison, SELF, 14 June 2022
  • On episode one, the computer that controls the lighting crashed and reset the lights.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025
  • To break out of a rhythm that by now might feel self-defeating, and not just rest but reset.
    — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Over-the-air viewers likely will have to rescan or reset their TVs to pick up the changes.
    — Chris Foran, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2021
  • The penultimate episode and the finale each have twists in them also that reset the show in their own way.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The objective of box breathing is to reset one’s breath and heart rate.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The points reset put Elliott, with 40 playoff points through four race wins and five stage wins, back at the top of the standings.
    — Stephen Hawkins, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are resetting for their next chapter.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • This is the Panthers’ time, as the Heat build back up toward their own time, with the Jimmy Butler trade the first domino to reset the franchise.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2025
  • And our hope, Kristen, as the president said repeatedly, is that this maybe can reset here.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 22 June 2025

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