How to Use rethink in a Sentence

rethink

verb
  • He took a moment to rethink.
  • You had better rethink your decision.
  • The government is rethinking its policy.
  • When in doubt, take a breather and rethink your long-term plans.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Of course any of those things might lead the Fed to rethink matters.
    — Justin Lahart, WSJ, 26 Jan. 2022
  • Quantrill and Austin Hedges made a lot of people rethink the Mike Clevinger deal.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 15 Oct. 2021
  • And rethink the Sean McVay coach-of-the-year chatter too.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2021
  • That is spurring them to rethink their approach to tourism.
    — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 July 2023
  • The pandemic has made a lot of us rethink a lot of things.
    — David Toledo, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2022
  • But Durbin said even cities with big blocks can rethink a few things.
    — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Mar. 2022
  • So one of the paths forward is just rethinking some of that stuff.
    — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Across the country, calls went out from activists to rethink the scope and role of the police.
    — Christopher S. Warshaw, The Conversation, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The underpinnings, though, have been rethought for the EV era.
    — Brett Berk, Robb Report, 15 Aug. 2024
  • By the end of that first summer, Aww Shucks was such a hit the Powells had to rethink their plans.
    — Bob Carlton | [email protected], al, 1 Dec. 2021
  • GameFi is a niche within the Web3 Space that seeks to rethink video games.
    — Philipp Sandner, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The tumult has caused the company behind the Web3 game, Sky Mavis, to rethink its steps.
    — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Crypto, 17 May 2023
  • Reevaluate your worth, rethink your next move and take the path that makes sense.
    — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 July 2024
  • In the past year, he’s been rethinking his early life in Detroit in the Eighties.
    — Anthony Malone, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2023
  • For some, the pandemic has been a time to rethink future plans.
    — Collin Binkley, Hannah Fingerhut, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Dec. 2021
  • If this is forcing you to change your budget or rethink your plans, NPR wants to hear from you!
    — Ben Abrams, NPR, 2 May 2025
  • Taking that away from him for six months forced him to rethink his approach.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Plane tickets over the past 12 months have soared by the most on record, causing some consumers to rethink their trips.
    — Bankrate.org, oregonlive, 12 Dec. 2022
  • In fact, something might prompt you to rethink your future goals.
    — Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 14 May 2024
  • The point, then, isn’t to discount breed’s influence over dogs, but to rethink its sway over us.
    — Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2022
  • But the Rangers have started to rethink coaching roles and titles.
    — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • While there are still plenty of books, the redesign allowed the staff to rethink how they were displayed.
    — CBS News, 24 July 2022
  • The Henry Rose founder jokes that although the gloves are a good start, Hudson may want to rethink the design a bit.
    — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 7 Dec. 2023
  • In the meantime, encourage your husband to rethink the episode about his aunt.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Because, naturally, this information is going to force Colter to rethink, and possibly reinterpret, a lot of what has happened in his life.
    — Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 11 May 2025
  • But Wright was also mercurial: always reimagining, reinventing, and rethinking his work and approach.
    — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2025

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