REGENERATE in a Sentence

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For REGENERATE, below is one of 14 sentences:
I seemed to know at once that the process of regeneration had already taken place in him, and I rushed to meet him.

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 Meanings and Examples of REGENERATE
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regenerate
 v.  renew; repair; return to life
Classic Sentence:
1  And believe me, if I still value my life it is only because I still hope to meet such a divine creature, who will regenerate, purify, and elevate me.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER X
2  I am indebted to him for my regeneration.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
3  Why, to maintain this theory of the regeneration of mankind by means of the pursuit of his own advantage is to my mind almost the same thing.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: VII
4  desire regeneration, Pierre uttered with difficulty.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III
5  in regeneration, said Pierre, with a trembling voice and some difficulty in utterance due to his excitement and to being unaccustomed to speak of abstract matters in Russian.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III
6  I have settled on the upper floor of this big house and am experiencing a happy feeling of regeneration.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER VIII
7  I seemed to know at once that the process of regeneration had already taken place in him, and I rushed to meet him.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER X
8  I remained an inmate of its walls, after its regeneration, for eight years: six as pupil, and two as teacher; and in both capacities I bear my testimony to its value and importance.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
Example Sentence:
1  The money will be used to regenerate the commercial heart of the town.
2  The govern-ment will continue to try to regenerate inner city areas.
3  If the woodland is left alone, it will regenerate itself in a few years.
4  The snake will regenerate its tail next week.
5  I personally prefer burning an area, because the regeneration is more sufficient.
6  The regeneration of the city's downtown dock front will put it on a par with Nice or Cannes.